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- a lot of intellectual posturing for a book grieving a friend, which made it harder to connect with the narrator and his friendship (but i appreciate that this book would’ve been really hard to write)
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Loved everything about this. Highlighted passages about friendship and sent to friends with notes of gratitude. Read on my birthday, and became more appreciative of it as I was slapped in the face with the randomness of life and death. Cried several times from the weight of this tragedy and the grief that followed. Related to pop culture references and 90s college timeline, and found a playlist on Spotify of all the music mentioned. And exquisite, exquisite writing. I’m renewing my subscription to The New Yorker now because I NEED more Hua Hsu. Telling everyone I know to read this.
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A beautiful read about the coming of age of a 2nd generation immigrant into a post-war America fraught with culture wars and BLM movements. I found the ties between the Asian and Black experience weaved throughout to be a very interesting point of view.
The authors experience with grief was heart-wrenching and real. The realisation that
"Surrendering to joy wouldn't mean I was abandoning you" is a beautiful sentiment to draw from loss.
The authors experience with grief was heart-wrenching and real. The realisation that
"Surrendering to joy wouldn't mean I was abandoning you" is a beautiful sentiment to draw from loss.
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