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hadsbaker's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, and Violence
sarahducker's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Gun violence and Violence
kitausu's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Absolutely devastating. I'm still processing my thoughts.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Child death, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Cursing
bella_cavicchi's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Hsu writes in his acknowledgments that this is a story about being a good friend; I'd broaden it only to say that it seems to me being a good friend is being a good person and so this is really a story about figuring out how (and what it means) to be both. It is a masterclass in pace—slow to start and then it rapidly accelerates, mirroring the building of a friendship—as well as translating memory to the page. It is a special book that you finish, and you immediately want to read it again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Racism and Xenophobia
caseythereader's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Thanks to PRH Audio for the free copy of this book.
- STAY TRUE is a meandering memoir, a book that truly captures the roaming of the mind that happens in college friendships as you are trying to figure out yourself and your relationship to the world.
- The blending of pop culture and philosophy in this book is wonderful, prompting deep consideration of how we choose to present ourselves and interact with others.
- The last portion of this book, after Ken’s death, is really hard. I think Hsu nailed that feeling of being unmoored after a loss, and it’s painful and beautiful to follow him as he tries to make sense of it all.
- STAY TRUE is a meandering memoir, a book that truly captures the roaming of the mind that happens in college friendships as you are trying to figure out yourself and your relationship to the world.
- The blending of pop culture and philosophy in this book is wonderful, prompting deep consideration of how we choose to present ourselves and interact with others.
- The last portion of this book, after Ken’s death, is really hard. I think Hsu nailed that feeling of being unmoored after a loss, and it’s painful and beautiful to follow him as he tries to make sense of it all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Violence, Grief, Hate crime, Confinement, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Sexual violence
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