Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

5 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

corky12's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, and War

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

grass is a powerful, harrowing bio graphic novel abt korean comfort women in an unjustly less known chapter in ww 2 history. i expected this to be a difficult read but was nevertheless unprepared for how hard it hit me.

the graphic novel follows the life of one particular comfort woman, lee oksun, and from the get-go i was frustrated and angry reading abt the gender inequality experienced by lee since childhood. it's a tale older than time, yet it never ceases to be infuriating. there's a lot of triggering content here - unsurprising for a book mostly abt sexual slavery during wartime - but i was also particularly affected to tears by the story of seo mija, which was hard-hitting.

gendry-kim does justice to lee through her art and storytelling. despite the abundant violence and triggering content present, nothing feels gratuitous, w/ gendry-kim handling them all w/ care and detached objectivity. the brushstrokes and inkwork also masterfully convey both the external physical landscape of china and korea, and the internal situation of her subject. 

this graphic novel tells an important story that deserves to be more known - esp as the injustice surrounding comfort women and japan's denialism still persisting - and gendry-kim does a lauded job of doing justice to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Gaslighting

f18's review

dark informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail