Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4 reviews

irene2002's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

I'm in the early stages of exploring the world of graphic novels, so I'm still familiarizing myself with the genre and its peculiarities.
I can say that I quite liked the author's drawing style and her choice of a black and white colouring. 

The graphic novel recounts the life story of a Korean woman, Lee Okseon, but it stands for the suffering that many other people went through at that time of colonisation and war. The narration doesn't shy away from the brutal details and the horror of the experiences of "comfort women".
There is still a hopeful note in the ending, with the arrival of spring once again and the possibility of renewal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

isaile's review

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

It's very vile and disturbing how women were treated during this time. It would be great if there was a warning about such topics discussed in the book (mainly r*pe). Other than that, it described very well what the comfort women went through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Deportation

Minor: Misogyny and Kidnapping

juliavra's review

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation