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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
34 reviews
siriface's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Racism, Child abuse, Mental illness, and War
eve81's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Confinement, Toxic friendship, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Colonisation, Rape, Racism, Xenophobia, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Suicide attempt
liadh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, War, Racism, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death
bookcheshirecat's review against another edition
3.0
➽ This is a nonfiction about the Asian American identity! I was interested to learn more about the topic and in Minor Feelings the author offers a collection of essays filled with personal anecdotes. I liked the discussions about the model minority myth, the intersection between race/art and assimilation into American culture. While I liked hearing what Cathy Park had to say, I wish her essays had a bigger connection and that the book felt more cohesive. Some chapters were simply more intriguing to me than others. I struggled the most with the chapters that were focused on her personal life, as it felt a bit invasive and detracted from the points she wanted to make. At one point she talked in-depth about a complicated friendship and her friend's mental health issues. That didn't feel like it had a place in this book and I wonder if her friends consented to having very personal things shared for everyone to read about. The balance between personal anecdotes and her political discussions just felt a bit off at times and made this awkward to read.
Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Genocide, and Violence
Moderate: Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Torture, War, Colonisation, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
charlieeee's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Violence, Rape, Murder, and War
Minor: Eating disorder, Colonisation, Drug use, Torture, and Suicide attempt
leweylibrary's review against another edition
4.75
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
bookrecsondeck's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Rape
dauhns_booklist's review against another edition
5.0
This book was truly so intense. At times cathartic, at others maddening or sickening, and still at others funny. I was on a rollercoaster ride through most of it. She adds a lot of really painful and shocking history (recent and old) in the book, I think those parts were the hardest to read.
She also phrased some things about racism and feelings of racism as an Asian-American so well, and those were the parts I felt catharsis from. For example, how we feel about our parents as less and less of heroes and more as people we need to protect in this country because of their inability to fit in perfectly or fight against racism. There were so many points made that had me feeling like I needed to read it over and over and reflect on it for longer.
I want to recommend this book to everyone, but at the same time it was so heartbreaking, infuriating, and shocking, that I need to disclose trigger warnings with the recommendation. If you have not read this book yet, please know that it’s been a life-changing book for many many people, and is truly an important work of modern American literary history.
Minor: Murder, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Rape
siobhanward's review against another edition
4.0
I found the second part of the book just wasn't as strong as the first - there was a lot of focus on Hong's university friends, which took away a bit from her story. It just didn't feel like it fit the narrative set in the fist part, but the book was still really well done and absolutely worth a read, even if it's just to help recognize some of your own biases or things you just don't always consider.
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Murder, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
5.0
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Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, War, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship