Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

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

7 reviews

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A powerful memoir and insightful context to George Takei’s work.

In case this is helpful for anyone else with visual processing disorders or dyslexia: I found the font hard to read (it’s all caps and small), but the illustrations are monochrome so I could use my tinted overlay to help me read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

danimacuk's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Deportation

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, War, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

dreamer626's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I cried. Everyone needs to read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

jmschnepp's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This edition of They Call Us Enemy is a graphic novel. I have classified it as historic fiction, even though it could be considered a memoir. It tells Takei's story of Japanese's internment following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The information about interment was provided by his father as he was pre-school aged at the time. The rest of the book is the story of George's life in relation to the interment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, and Cultural appropriation

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and War

jessnreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, and War

Moderate: Gun violence

invaderlinz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Grief