Reviews tagging 'War'

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

20 reviews

nzkdesigns6's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, and Medical content

stitchwilliam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and War

cperez's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mo_ber's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, and War

lovetlr's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Deportation

softboiledegg's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Death of parent

taegibff's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

bookreviewswithkb's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

i have mixed feelings 

Shanghai Girls started off really strong for me. i was drawn into the story and appreciating the historical context, learning about the political landscape of China in the late 1930s, and later on in the novel, learning about the relationship between China and america and the impact the fear of communism had on the individual lives of Chinese americans, all the racist antics of white americans

but from about halfway through on i felt the novel lacked a true plot. and the way Lisa See tries to wrap things up felt very predictable and unoriginal. i was getting a bit bored

this is only the second Lisa See novel i’ve read and i will definitely be reading more. this just wasn’t the strongest for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Suicide, and War

baby_jewels's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was very good, but also very sad. This is not a cute historical romance, that the cover  portrays. It's a story of hardships, trauma, and the power to keep going. The gold lining of it though was the love Pearl and May had for each other and the power that it gave them.

My heart feels heavy for Pearl and May, even though they're fiction. Even though they were thought up by Lisa See, I know that their life bears resemblance to hundreds of women's life's during that time period. Growing up we are taught about the colonization of China and we are thought about discrimination again various immigrants, but we were never taught what the Chinese immigrants had to go through. This book was eye opening for me, and I'm glad Lisa See through her story is able to bring to peoples attention things that have been forgotten and looked over. 
I think it's definitely a must read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, and War

3ksindhwisjdhd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Hate crime and Suicide

Minor: Blood