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lowbrowhighart's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Racism, Ableism, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Body shaming, Genocide, Death, Classism, Dysphoria, and Hate crime
Minor: Religious bigotry, Excrement, and Murder
careinthelibrary's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
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No really, Alice Wong's memoir is fierce, comforting, funny, sad, envigorating, eloquent, and thought-provoking. She is a powerhouse who is sharing her brilliant, full life with us. We are so lucky to have her.
No really, Alice Wong's memoir is fierce, comforting, funny, sad, envigorating, eloquent, and thought-provoking. She is a powerhouse who is sharing her brilliant, full life with us. We are so lucky to have her.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Ableism
Minor: Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Murder
COVID-19 pandemic, eugenicscaseythereader's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Thanks to Vintage Books for the free advance copy of this book.
- YEAR OF THE TIGER is not just Alice Wong's memoir, but also a look back at decades of disability rights activism and thought, along with a look toward the possibilities of the future.
- I loved the scrapbook feel of this book. Rather than a straightforward memoir, Wong collects excerpts from past interviews and published essays and op-eds along with vignette-style memories of her childhood, art, and poetry.
- Wong showcases both the hardships and the joys of disabled life, highlighting the importance of community and making sure she's crystal clear that the obstacles she's encountered are because the world isn't made for disabled people, not because of a lack of any kind of the part of disabled people.
- YEAR OF THE TIGER is not just Alice Wong's memoir, but also a look back at decades of disability rights activism and thought, along with a look toward the possibilities of the future.
- I loved the scrapbook feel of this book. Rather than a straightforward memoir, Wong collects excerpts from past interviews and published essays and op-eds along with vignette-style memories of her childhood, art, and poetry.
- Wong showcases both the hardships and the joys of disabled life, highlighting the importance of community and making sure she's crystal clear that the obstacles she's encountered are because the world isn't made for disabled people, not because of a lack of any kind of the part of disabled people.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, Racism, and Ableism
Moderate: Genocide, Murder, and Hate crime
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