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ericblair's review against another edition
4.0
Not my usual book, but a nice memoir about male friendship
vickizliu's review against another edition
5.0
I'm a big fan of all of Hua Hsu's essays in the NYer and this was no different. It's a bittersweet coming of age story of growing up in berkeley california as an alternative 90s kid and his unlikely friendship with a Japanese American frat boy friend Ken. I especially loved that it centered the male asian american experience, without that being the sole focus (it's first and foremost a story of friendship and grief). Really beautiful yet subtle writing style and the descriptions of little moments in the book captured how much of a profound influence his friend and death had on him.
buntingsir's review against another edition
dark
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0