Reviews

Stay True by Hua Hsu

dbert's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

nookatdusk's review against another edition

2.0

 

maaf banget. tapi aku nggak cocok dengan gaya berceritanya. aku nggak menangkap intensi penulisnya mau ke arah mana. tentang kehidupan sebagai imigran kah? atau duka kehilangan teman kah? aku kurang bisa menangkap karena pembahasannya seperti hanya sedikit-sedikit. penulis di sini lebih banyak bercerita tentang musik-musik dan tentang penyusunan zine yang mana aku kurang bisa relate 🙏🏻

aku juga kurang merasakan kedekatan Hsu dan Ken sehingga pada saat bagian cerita duka tentang Ken, aku merasa sedih, tapi seperti lewat begitu aja 😂.

perubahaan gaya menulis terasa di bab terakhir (sekitar 30 halaman terakhir). seandainya keseluruhan buku ditulis seperti ini, pasti akan jauh lebih bagus dan lebih ngena 😭.

 

suhmown's review

slow-paced

3.0

While parts of this were good (commentary on individualism, what’s its like to be young, the feeling of college, long distance families, etc.), I felt like this book bit off more than it could chew. The strong emphasis on philosophy and music felt misplaced based on the back. I was expecting an exploration of grief but found a story of a million different half baked pieces. Perhaps this is a fault of my expectations and the description on the back but I was expecting a different story. 

2000s's review

4.25

A grower. The philosophizing and cooler-than-thou attitude in the beginning was mostly obnoxious to me, but about halfway through, it all started to make sense. The way the author wrote about grief was devastating but also just beautiful and admirable.

This book makes me wish that I had a cool friend group in college and that I had been more involved and ambitious, but also to hold close the friends and experiences that I do have.

katie_archer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

5.0

katrinanguyen's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

A non-cheesy account of the Asian-American experience 

hdh's review

dark funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

feliciasrose's review against another edition

No thanks.

calydr's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

kwagner's review

5.0

There are so many lines I wrote down and wanted to memorize from this book that I felt captured being a young adult, discovering life, and experiencing loss. This book was so consistently wonderful. An example of writing by someone who has great command of words and putting emotions on the page. I loved the audiobook so much, I went out and bought the hard copy. Highly recommend.