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torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Dysphoria, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Alcohol, and Hate crime
Minor: Racial slurs, Bullying, Sexual content, and Antisemitism
thewellreadmrs's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Hate crime, Racism, Gun violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Drug use, and Bullying
cady_sass's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
It feels wrong to be critical about a non fiction personal story, and I don’t necessarily have anything negative to say, but this feels overall like there isn’t any definitive point. It’s very stream of consciousness, which can be fine, but there’s no core statement being made here. I find individual points very poignant and resonant, especially where the author describes his experience as an Asian American immigrant adolescent and college student, and the story of his friends death is senseless and horrible, but it’s just a very long op ed as opposed to a short memoir. Read in just a few hours and perfectly fine read, but ultimately a smidge forgettable. Take my review with a grain of salt, perhaps I’m just not the right audience for this and/or it’s not a style that I love.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, and Kidnapping
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