Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

6 reviews

ksbiz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I ate this up. 
It took me a wee bit to get into because of the writing style. 
There were some absolutely incredible lines, it was funny, honest, hilariously observational, all while illuminating the Asian- American experience 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, and Grief

yuyuv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dementia, Grief, Xenophobia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Medical content

librarymouse's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

Interior Chinatown is a fantastic exploration of self image and interpersonal relationships, exploring the systematic racism in place in the United States, ranging from Hollywood to immigration policy through an analog of movie tropes and stereotypes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Sexism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Death, and Hate crime

Minor: Dementia

tuesday_evening's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, and Classism

cinnamonandpancakes's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this book extremely fast, I was hooked from the very beginning. Having it formatted as a screenplay seems like a gimmick at first but I found it to actually be a really clever way of creating this sense of the narrator's emotional distance from the people in his life and lent a feeling of unreality to everything.

This book doesn't hold its punches, or refrain from sliding a stiletto between your ribs, but it's so well done that you can't help admiring the skill involved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Violence

Part of the book deals with the early Kuomintang era of Taiwan and the violence that took place then. There is also significant reference to the particular ways the US has tried to exclude Asians from immigrating or becoming citizens.

i_island's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

This is such an interesting read for it not be that long. I listened to it over the course of two days, mainly while cooking and cleaning and that made me experience it very differently compared to how I experienced it last time. The voice actor did a phenomenal job at capturing the energy of the performance and only made it so much better. Lovely writing Mr. Yu!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Colonisation, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Grief