Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

35 reviews

annelihghh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Violence

bexi's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Murder, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, War, Toxic friendship, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Hate crime

Minor: Eating disorder, Drug use, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, and Torture

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

This book gave me so much to think about. How little I know of history and the challenges that my ancestors have faced and continue to face. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, and War

laceyc1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, War, and Xenophobia

clarabooksit's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.5

I liked Minor Feelings but I didn’t love it. Some essays really struck me, especially Hong’s discussions of racism, pop culture—loved her dismantling of Moonrise Kingdom—being Asian America and Korean, and how she confronts race head on, but others I struggled with—notably the essay about art school and her two college friends had some excellent parts but overall didn’t work for me.

Her writing is bold, judgmental and brutally honest. I admired her consistent interrogation of her own thoughts and motives as she ruthlessly questioned those of others. I definitely think it’s worth a read but it’s not a new favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Rape

nakutski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse

erin819's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Grief, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Addiction, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Cursing

lilybear3's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

This book wasn't what I was expecting, but in a good way.  This book was a collection of essays and felt like a memoir. She talks about Asian Americans in history that I had never hear of until now and I am so glad that I could learn more about them.  As an Asian American myself, this book made me do a lot of self-reflecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Hate crime, Drug use, Death, Racism, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Murder, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Suicide

kayladaila's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Rape, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Minor: Dementia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts

gracesullentrup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs and Rape