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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

12 reviews

popsicleplease's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Child death, and Islamophobia

booksandteatime's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Biphobia, Antisemitism, Child death, Xenophobia, Cancer, and Racism

robinks's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.75

I only docked a quarter of a star because I didn’t really like the style the people were drawn in (although I did like the compositions with the photo backgrounds), and the order of the chapters was not chronological, making it a little confusing. Otherwise, Z is such a gem, and I’m glad Jacob was able to capture exactly the incessant questioning and curiosity of a child.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Islamophobia

Minor: Cancer and Antisemitism

koplomps's review against another edition

informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Drug use

hngisreading's review

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Death of parent, Cancer, and Racism

naleyisms's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Homophobia, Cancer, Death of parent, and Islamophobia

jackelz's review

challenging funny reflective

First of all, I love the format of this graphic novel. It truly is very conversational and I loved the way she imposed drawings over photographs. Second, I’m sad it took me so long to finally read this. The dialogue is funny yet serious, as it covers a wide range of difficult topics such as race, sex, love, and family. All of these conversations are so relevant and important and affect us all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Cancer, and Death of parent

bookscoffeehayley's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow. Adding Good Talk by Mira Jacob to my favorite books of 2021! I firmly believe this is a book everyone should give a chance. In a global climate where we are encouraging people to have tough conversations with friends, family, colleagues, this graphic novel is the perfect starting point for those conversations. This book is thought-provoking and heart-wrenching while still finding moments of humor. It is a reflection of America. It’s a reflection of the good and the ugly that occurs too frequently in our country.

I absolutely loved the art of this graphic novel!A mixed media of illustrations and photographs! I thought it beautifully highlighted the conversations Mira Jacob is holding throughout these pages.

Don’t wait so long like I did! Definitely pick this one up ASAP!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Cancer and Grief

alayamorning's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

reading_between_the_trees's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book was a really profound look into living as an Indian-American, particularly in relation to the 2008 and 2016 elections, as well as 9/11. It highlighted microagressions, blatant racism, and the intersection of Jacob's identity with her gender as a woman. Jacob also highlights some important moments in her relationship with her Jewish husband, acknowledging the differences in privilege between the two of them. And my favorite aspect of the book were the conversations with Jacob's son, Z. There are tough conversations and funny ones, and Z's persistence in asking hard questions is a source of hope for his own life and what is yet to come in America. I learned a lot reading this book, and even though the Trump presidency is over, the forces that allowed it are not, making this book as important as ever to read. Additionally, the art in this novel was very cool. I'd never seen this style of pictures with drawing cut-outs before in a graphic novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Cancer, Misogyny, Medical content, Drug use, and Cursing

Minor: Biphobia and Child death