Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu

49 reviews

qrschulte's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Incredibly vulnerable and heartfelt, this memoir is highly relatable to anyone who’s ever felt the weight of familial and societal expectations. The audiobook is incredible, and you can really feel how much the decisions his family made affect him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infertility, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content, Animal death, Alcohol, and Death

cayleybp's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

blairlovesbooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

I really liked Simu's explanation of his parents' background, though it felt like he hasn't totally worked through his resentment from their abuse. It's also refreshing when an actor comes across as an attention-grabber (because we all know they all are haha).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

felofhe's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

readingwithtrey's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The way I loved this so much 🥹. Y’all, I am not a big nonfiction reader, but I’ve seen such great reviews about this one and it was one of my “12 books by 12 friends” recommendations. It was SO GOOD! SO GOOD! I laughed and cried and and learned so much and I just want to give Simu the biggest hug. 

Everyone needs to read this book. I cannot recommend the audio enough! You could hear the emotion and passion in Simu’s voice as he talked about his childhood and career. It was literally amazing. I don’t like to rate nonfiction, but this was hands down 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse and Racism

miacorkum's review against another edition

inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

xeniba's review against another edition

I’ve been a fan of Simu for a number of years, starting with Kim’s Convenience. I was excited to read this memoir and was left feeling somewhat disappointed.

I found his tone pretty whiny and self-involved and I didn’t have much empathy for him once he got to college. The book also felt repetitive in terms of how often he talked about how much he hated accounting as how hard he worked at being an actor and what a go-getter he was.

I think this memoir actually made me like him less, which was surprising. That’s obviously my personal opinion and ymmv. I do think that it’s important that this memoir exists and even though I wasn’t really a fan, I’m sure it will resonate with many. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia

linnea1801's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is so freaking good!!!! It’s a really inspiring story and everyone should read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

elysareadsitall's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

5.0

"We Were Dreamers" is Simu Liu's story of his life as an immigrant in Canada, his complicated relationship with his parents, his difficult professional start, and his rise in Hollywood. The book is laced with humor while also tackling the difficult parts and screw-ups of his life head-on. The book is bookended with him earning the role of Shang-Chi, which I really enjoyed. I definitely want to rewatch the movie now that I see how special it was to him. I definitely recommend this book if you're a fan.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Racism

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse