Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Stay True by Hua Hsu

22 reviews

natalienicholas's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Murder, and Violence

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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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

mxsunflower's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I read this as an ebook from my library and it was captivating. Lost steam in the last 10%. Maybe too rushed or maybe just too underwhelming of a conclusion for a memoir that presented such big thoughts and questions for the other 90%. 4.75/5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

thewellreadmrs's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Hate crime, Racism, Gun violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Drug use, and Bullying

maydaypu's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

sajetheherb's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

I listened to the audiobook version and found myself resonating with this memoir, which blended Hua’s account of the Asian-American experience, the feeling of aimlessness as a young adult, and the grief that comes with loss of a loved one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

vklyle99's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Drug use

annnakane's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

This book had some nice parts, but I found the narration somewhat insufferable. Hsu himself admits at the end that he’s “legendarily self-involved,” which I had felt for most of the book. I think the memoir would be much stronger if it was more self-critical and introspective throughout the book, rather than mostly at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Grief

Moderate: Racism

sakisreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

I think I saw this on BookTok and decided to download a copy 😳
It’s a short read, but it does not shy away from the hard things. The content warnings will be below!

I adored Hua and Ken’s relationship. There are true soulmates (in a friendly way as well as in a romantic way) that truly see you for you and I could see this so clearly for these two 🥹 I have a lot of time for both ❤️

I think I knew Ken’s death was going to be inevitable, but I also was not ready for it 🫠

Not my most groundbreaking read of the year, but still gripping. 3.5 stars out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Grief, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

siriface's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, and Death