Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Why Didn't You Tell Me? by Carmen Rita Wong

8 reviews

riverofpages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual violence and Xenophobia

madisophi's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

This book was advertised as the story of a woman learning more about her family’s history and it’s secrets. In actuality, it reads more like a young woman’s therapy journal. The writing is overall confusing, repetitive, nonlinear, and bitter. She still has a long way to go in terms of healing and I truly wish her the best on her journey. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

arsenicmind's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

heatherjchin's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Racism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Grief, Death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Bullying

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, and Cursing

pinesandpages's review against another edition

Made it through halfway and just realized……I wasn’t enjoying it. I quite enjoy memoirs usually but this one was different than any I have read before. I think because the author is a journalist, this was written in the style of an exposé about her family and their secrets rather than a reckoning/exploration of the author’s life/feelings. Not a lot of personal reflection and an at times bitter/blunt tone. (The bitter tone is obviously valid as she had been through quite a lot but it didn’t contribute much to the book other than me not finding it enjoyable to read.) Also it was written in a very nonlinear way which was hard to follow. Sometimes a paragraph would be written about her time in elementary school and the very next paragraph would be her in her twenties. And because the whole premise of the book is something about family secrets (perhaps that her biological family is not who she thought), I was impatiently waiting the whole time to get into that aspect, but even 50% in that was rarely mentioned so I still don’t know the full situation. A friend recommended I read this and I will be asking her the spoil it for me since I will not be finishing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Racism

ladylady's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

About the experiences growing up as a mixed race Afro-Latina dealing with racism, sexism and identity issues.  Carmen’s parents are a piece of work. It does seem that Carmen is still raw from her parent’s deception. I while I enjoyed reading the book, reading about Wong’s parents was very emotionally exhausting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Racism

serena_hien's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Moderate: Physical abuse and Medical content

Minor: Abortion

tenderbench's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexism and Racism