Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Stay True by Hua Hsu

68 reviews

chupacabra2000's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use

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

laughingrevolution's review

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

readingpicnic's review

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

I loved reading about the author’s angsty need to only like niche things as a teen and college student, and there were so many funny scenes like when he accidentally bought a poster of Björk that was way too big and got scared of it above his bed. The search for identity by both Ken and Hua felt so vulnerable and raw, as well as trying to find a form of activism that was sustainable for them. I found the conversations around representation from when it wasn’t as popularized (or mainstream?) by Hua, Ken, and Hua’s parents to be very interesting. The grief in this book was hard to read towards the end, but I think this is an important memoir and I’m glad it was written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

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

abbyslittelife's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Hsu was honest with his personality and musings as he moved through life altering events. The whole story brought so much nostalgia for teenhood and college. Beautifully written, provides a nuanced and introspective story of asian american/immigrant family realities. Loved it :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

noiraet's review

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Grief

san_dra's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Murder

allegraallegra's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Violence and Gun violence

notlikethebeer's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

There is so much I want to say about this book, and so little that does not sound trite. In thinking about Ken, I am reminded of the quote "to know him is to love him" - and to get to know him, through Hua Hsu's words, is to love him also. This is a coming-of-age memoir of two lines, where one line is cut off without warning, and the other is left to continue. Interspersed not just with photography, but also with reflections on history, memory, and friendship itself - what is a friend? what is history? can we ever know what we are or were to others? - this is a truly incredible novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder