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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 ⭐️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Racism and Xenophobia
avasbookmark's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Xenophobia
martachbc's review against another edition
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death
Moderate: Xenophobia
bella_cavicchi's review
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
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