Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

35 reviews

arbyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow wow wow if you have been thinking about reading this do not delay any longer 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

koreanlinda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

My short reflection as a Korean American reader

Forte:

• I liked the chapters about Cathy's experience with counseling therapy and the relationship with her mother. 

Shortcomings:

• The chapters lack cohesion and were confusing in terms of time progression. 
• The book is marketed as an Asian American memoir, but a big portion of the book is neither memoir nor about the Asian American experience. 
• I got the feeling that Cathy is avoiding telling her own story and reverting to the story of others.
• One chapter about Cathy's college years shows that a friend abused Cathy, but there is never an acknowledgement of the abuse. It is rather dismissed as a character flaw. 

If you want to read about Korean American Woman's experience, I recommend Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. 

Review by Linda (she/they)
Twitter @KoreanLinda
Letter writer at DefinitelyNotOkay.com 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Physical abuse

ntvenessa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Exceptional. This collection of essays is unbearably precise, striking the most vulnerable of emotions with masterful, incisive language. I feel my own untangled, dark and shameful vulnerabilities cast under a bright white spotlight to be dissected with great precision, confidence, and relevance. What does it mean to be Asian in a neoliberal, colonised, modern world? Why am I enraged and yet why am I invisible? This is essential reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Racism, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Misogyny, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Dysphoria, Drug use, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Antisemitism, Eating disorder, and Islamophobia

alsoapples's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

marisa_n's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

lexiereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

gem114's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

My favorite essays were Stand Up and Bad English. It's my bad for not knowing more about this collection going in, but I thought it was going to be more memoir-ish than essay collection. All of the essays were interesting and informative, but the collection overall lacked a sense of cohesion, imo. I'd definitely still recommend it, but I'd make the format of the book clear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

harperhoney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Grief, Gun violence, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, and Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

lcamp2780's review against another edition

challenging informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

While I think I might need to reread a few times to fully get all of the layers that make up this book, I found this essay collection searing and powerful. Cathy Park Hong is unapologetic, which in itself is a radical act. She's definitely a voice to be listening to right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Racial slurs, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Hate crime

Moderate: Grief, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Slavery