Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Ma and Me: A Memoir by Putsata Reang

3 reviews

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Torture and Violence

bookishcori's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child death

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book explores a lot of themes that I am very much interested in (clash between different cultures, mother/daughter relationship, intergenerational trauma, queer identity).

There were passages that really impressed me, where the author wove her words in such a beautiful way that I was really taken aback. 
However, there were some sections (especially in the middle part of the book) where I found the writing too much matter-of-fact, like it had lost 
its spark and effectiveness. 

Still, even if some chapters didn't capture me as much and fell a bit flat for me, the overall story was very moving and impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail