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jayisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and War
syntaxx's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Medical trauma
flop's review against another edition
4.5
Aferrarse a la esperanza de una humanidad más humana parece a momentos fútil, pero es tan necesario. Aun cuando no seamos capaces de reconocerlo, tenemos una deuda con quienes han vivido el lado más oscuro, seguir creyendo, seguir recordando, seguir luchando.
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War
camz's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and War
Moderate: Torture, Xenophobia, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder
sneakymerendinaninja's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence
isaile's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence
Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Deportation
Minor: Misogyny and Kidnapping
_askthebookbug's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence
timelapse's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and War
poemsandponds's review against another edition
4.0
Side topic: To comment on the author inserting needle fin the narrative, I wasn’t a fan. It just took me out of the story. I like the idea of flashing backwards and forwards in time in stories like these, however, I think those flashbacks should be solely focused on the teller of the story, not the journalist wiring it down. The journalist was too detached for it to have a real impact on the delivery of the story, but somehow her thought, feelings, and etc, were part of it? I like hearing the author’s pov when they have a very personal connection to the story, such as Thi Biu in the Best We Could Do. She’s telling her parent’s refugee story and giving parts of her life, thoughts, feelings, but you care because she’s their daughter. I didn’t care about a random journalist’s thoughts, and the thoughts given weren’t even insightful or emotionally impactful. They could’ve been removed with no harm to the book. It would have been a lot more interesting if the author would have made a section in the back of the book dedicated just to their research process and how they developed the book. If they talked about the emotions that came up whole writing and interviewing, why they wrote this book, etc it would have been so much more interesting. I guess I learned that I don’t like researchers inserting themselves in the memoir narrative when they don’t have much to say.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and War
ktbee's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, and Trafficking
Moderate: Racism, Murder, and War