Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim

11 reviews

readtomea97's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Deportation

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Death, and Murder

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Liked how all the loose ends were tied up. Liked how the reality of their situations were contrasted to the model ministry expectations. Liked the acknowledgement of what happened to Rodney King and the impact it had on the community (in this and in her other book When We Kept to Ourselves).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Alcoholism, Car accident, Stalking, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Cancer, Deportation, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

mmefish's review against another edition

A very depressing read. A story of an undocumented korean immigrant in USA and her VERY unlikable daughter.

126 pages in, and I still have no idea why she hated her mother so much.

 
Nancy Jooyoun Kim's writing is too repetitive for my liking, so I won't be continuing.

"Beauty is a construct, but theory is not the reality we live, she thought. Theory didn't live in the bones. Theory didn't erase the years of self-scrunity in a mirror and not seeing anyone at all, not a protagonist or a beauty, only a television sidekick, a speechless creature, who at best was "exotic," desirable but simple and foreign. Growing up, she has often wondered, If only I had bigger eyes or brown hair onstead of black. If only..."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

kcelena's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, and Stalking

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, War, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Racism

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Child death

ctrl_shift_dlt's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, War, Racism, and Rape

lain_darko's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Racism, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

rachelwierick's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

cereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, and Pregnancy

theresenatalie's review

slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicidal thoughts