Reviews tagging 'Child death'

They Called Us Enemy - Expanded Edition by Steven Scott, George Takei, Justin Eisinger

7 reviews

redhairedashreads's review against another edition

5.0

 

This was a very emotional and impactful graphic novel. I have been meaning to read this for a while now and was glad that I could read about this piece of history that was not included in the history books I had to read during school. 

This is the story of George Takei’s childhood in Japanese internment camps during World War II. While he was a child during this, he also pulls upon his parents and other adults perspectives and provides us with multiple perspectives to what happened. He takes us through the whole experience before, during, and after the camps and how the experience affected his family and other Japanese families. 

I am really glad I read this story because it gave me new information about what Executive Order 9066 was and how it affected Japanese people. As an American, I was never taught about this piece of history because our textbooks frequently ignore the negative parts of our history. This is one of the reasons why I have spent a lot of my adult life trying to educate myself about history that is not taught, especially when it comes to BIPOC. 

One of the best takeaways from this graphic was George’s urging Americans to learn about all sides of a story, not just the one that is being heavily pushed by politics. You need both sides of a story to create the best outcome for the future, not just one. 

This graphic memoir is definitely one that I think should be required reading in U.S. history courses and I highly recommend it.

TW: Depictions of anti-Japanese sentiment (Japanophobia), concentration camps, death of a child (briefly mentioned), death of relatives from atomic bombs and the war, grief, threat of deportation; 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Child death

magpienicky's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, War, and Deportation

Minor: Child death and Death

hmetwade's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, War, and Deportation

markwillnevercry's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.5

I wanted to read this graphic novel for a while, but never had time or could not get it and as with many things that you wait for a while to read - you start to suspect that it will be not as good as you want it to be. However, this was good. I did, however, take a pretty long time that this was the story by George Takei, but that is just because I do not read author names. This was really well written and was very informative. The US sucks.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

lidia7's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Racism

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, and Grief

Minor: Child death and War

daycia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Death, and War

savgulick's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Minor: Child death and Death