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Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

18 reviews

corky12's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Infertility

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

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

camz's review against another edition

5.0

Una lectura que te parte el corazón.

Debo agradecer a la autora por no mostrar escenas gratuitas de violaciones, creo que la forma en la que decidió mostrar esas atrocidades permite mostrar el daño sin causar más trauma a quienes lo sufrieron. 

Otra grata sorpresa para mi fue la belleza de muchos de los paneles, al ver la portada y con el estilo de la obra no esperaba que me gustara tanto su dibujo, pero es muy expresivo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Torture, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

books_n_rosess's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, War, Murder, Pedophilia, Death, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

whitne_ey's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Trafficking

Moderate: Abortion, War, and Blood

archivofrances's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, War, Colonisation, Body horror, Grief, Infertility, Physical abuse, Blood, Rape, Misogyny, Abortion, and Pregnancy

julia20y3's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, War, Abortion, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, and Death

jhbandcats's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow. What a powerful story with such strong artwork. The illustrations feel oppressive, obviously since Lee Ok-Sun was oppressed through most of her life. 

The author / illustrator, Keum Duk Gendry-Kim, met and interviewed Lee. They became friends of a sort, with Gendry-Kim working for three years to complete her biography. It begins when Lee was a child, sold by her parents to alleviate their poverty. From there things got progressively worse with her being abducted and sent to a “comfort station” at the age of 16 or 17. 

Things were almost as bad after the war. The newly liberated women were shunned as whores, unable to find food or work. Lee told Gendry-Kim that her life was miserable from the moment she was born, and that’s all too clear. 

Gendry-Kim tells Lee’s story in a straightforward fashion without sensationalizing the violence and misery. I confess I can’t conceive of this level of pain and anguish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Infertility, Abortion, Kidnapping, Blood, Violence, Classism, War, Death, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Slavery, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

nikereadsbooks's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Abortion, Medical content, Rape, Slavery, and War

goizi's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, and Trafficking

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Gore, Gaslighting, Rape, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Abortion

albernikolauras's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.25

Grass is a non-fiction graphic novel that uses information Keum Suk Gendry-Kim received during interviews with Osekon Lee herself. It discusses Lee's life as a child who ended up getting forced into sexual slavery as a comfort woman.

The writing was great and the art portrayed such sadness and trauma without being overly explicit. It was a quiet story that left you to sit in Lee's stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Slavery, Miscarriage, Abortion, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, and Confinement

Moderate: War