Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

4 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

emtk2118's review against another edition

4.75

Made me cry. Somehow an incredibly patriotic book despite depicting one of the great shames of the U.S. Very well done. Would be 5 stars but it jumped around a bit and the transitions didn't always feel smooth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Vomit and Deportation

Minor: Islamophobia and Death of parent

littlecat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, and War

Minor: Death of parent