simone_elizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Outing, Grief, Homophobia, Blood, War, and Death of parent
pointeshoebookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Death, Hate crime, and Colonisation
queenginger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Death and War
belle2008's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, and Outing
Moderate: War and Violence
saythename's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Homophobia
Minor: War
olive_lol's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Homophobia
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Cannibalism
panic_at_the_bookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
novella42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism
Minor: Religious bigotry
mattyb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Violence, Murder, and Gore
Minor: Cannibalism and Death of parent
maple_dove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The art is beautiful and eye-catching. I loved the character designs too! The ending is fantastic and wraps up the whole book so well.
No matter what, I know I can't do this book justice, so I'm just going to encourage you to read it.
Favorite Quote:
"<My Vietnamese is weakening, every day. I'm changing.
My past and present selves speak two different languages.
It feels like I died on that boat. And I'm still stuck in the middle of the ocean.
Far away from my mother . . .
. . . and far away from my son.
I'm afraid Tiến doesn't think he can tell me things.
I'm sure he can feel it. I know I do.
And I wish it wasn't that way.Spoiler
Did my mother feel that way? Did she feel like this all those years I was away?>"
Graphic: Murder and Child abuse
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Gore, Homophobia, and War
Minor: Physical abuse, Violence, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Death, and Grief
Child marriage (Minor)