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desert_side_notched's review against another edition
2.75
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
kailey_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent
siriface's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, and Racism
caseythereader's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racism
odrib's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Police brutality, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infertility
ekmook's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent
soobooksalot's review against another edition
3.75
Thank you to Grand Central Publishing for my gifted review copy of Seeing Ghosts!
This is author/journalist Kat Chow's experience with losing her mother to cancer at a young age, when she was still in high school. We see Kat's upbringing as the child of Chinese immigrants, learn of her traditions and family fabric.
It's fascinating to look inside someone else's life, even one so outwardly different from our own, and still see our similarities. Though it is also difficult to review a book of another person's experiences.
This is an emotional read, raw and honest storytelling tempered by layers of memory and prose. It's not only about Kat losing her mother, it's about reframing how to live in a space without that person and with those who remain, here specifically her father and two sisters. It's also about discovery of who came before and the impacts and parallels.
Acknowledging the realities of death, the pain of grieving, the journey one undergoes by absorbing the experiences, can be cathartic for some. Triggering for others, so be aware what the book is about before pursuing.
Recommended.
For release on Aug. 24.
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Death of parent
sjanke2's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Death of parent