Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

4 reviews

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

There's a lot going on in this book, and I'm glad that I at least read a good half of it as a physical copy rather than the audiobook I finished with. The author is a poet, and that is much clearer when I'm reading a physical copy and can mark parts that stand out to me. I read this for a book club, but I missed the last meeting. In the sessions I did go to, we had really rich discussions that elevated my opinion of the book greatly. The first half dealt a lot more with more abstract concepts and literature, but the second half moves more into talking about herself and her background in art and poetry while delving into deeper issues like her "bad English," internment camps, and the brutal rape and murder of a prominent Asian American artist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Body shaming, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide attempt and War

Minor: Toxic relationship

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

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