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Memoirs of a Haunted Hmong Girl
by Moon Vang
mysterious
medium-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*Note: The review you see here, and others earlier are reviews for the first version of the book, which was published in early October 2021. These are before the second edition, if the author decided to use this version for her new version of the book. Please do read my update that is below my review to take into consideration if you are thinking about supporting the author. Last but not least, this review derived from Goodreads with minor changes.
So, waaay before I read this book (This contains spoilers so proceed at your own risk or with caution. If you want to go straight into the review, then skip the first paragraph as this review is VERY long).
I didn’t know about this book until one day (this was around 2-3 months ago), I saw a trailer on Facebook (I follow many Hmong filmmakers and artists because I want to basically support them). The trailer seemed to interest me because of the sensational editing, so I took a look at it. That was when I found out about this book. But, I didn’t really think much at first until these videos of girls crying over this book popped up on my feed and some posts about this book that pretty much rated it as good. Not only that, it has one of my favorite mythical creatures in there, which is the dragon. This book is probably the first Hmong book featuring dragons since I’ve listened to so many Hmong dragon stories on YouTube. For this reason, it made me want to read it. Of course, as a broke college student I wanted to find the Google book preview version that usually appears at the top of the search. Unfortunately, that didn’t appear for this book, maybe because it didn’t have one and therefore, I didn’t get a chance to read it. However, fortunately, my cousin has the eBook version sent from my other cousin. I told her to send it to me, so she did, and I finally got the chance to read it. Before diving into this book, because I kept seeing girls crying over some chapters in it. I made a bet that, when I read up to those “tearjerker” chapters, if I cry, then the author gets the point. But, if I don’t cry, then I get the point. And thus, my reading journey of this book began.
Fast forward after finishing reading this book. I would say…. I won! Hooray! Remember what I said, “when I read up to those “tearjerker” chapters, if I cry, then the author gets the point. But, if I don’t cry, then I get the point.” Yeah, so cheers to me for winning the bet. I understand that this book had some emotional and heart wrenching parts, but it wasn’t strongly delivered, in my opinion. Overall, that part was a meh. I don’t know why these girls are crying over this book, like go on Facebook and look at how many girls are crying over it when it really needed lots of editing in many ways that I will be listing down below.
Besides that, the plot itself had many Asian drama tropes, especially Chinese xianxia tropes making it quite unrealistic. A few cultures mixed into a Hmong story that wasn’t addressed and are confusing, along with Hmong cosmology as part of the focus in this book however, according to some reviewers, some of the Hmong religious beliefs in it are questionable (read the other reviews to know more and yes, I am Hmong too). With this, it makes this book that was promoted as nonfiction to be overall concluded as fiction instead. Frankly, I did get “hooked” while reading this book yet at the same time spotted mistakes. That’s all for my opinion of the plot in general, now let’s dig deeper into the book in which I will be listing down my pros and cons of it.
Pros
I liked the creative concepts that were put into this book such as:
1. This is kind of related to the creative concepts but what I liked in general. The description of the cottage and the forest made the scenery beautiful. Gave me some Ghibli films vibes. Actually, the whole book did.
2. The hints that were given in the story about the ML’s dragon identity for example, when the FL holds onto the ML’s hand and the ML’s hand was described to be “cold as ice” and “slippery.” Another example was when both the ML and FL were at a small restaurant and the ML drank from a cup and set it back on the same spot that it was originally placed. The FL noticed that and complimented him on how he is a gentleman and asked him why he would accept a flawed person like her. He then answered her that he doesn’t always put things back to its original spot and when he obsesses over some things it becomes his.
3. The suspense in some parts, for example, when the FL first saw the doll character through the window and the doll character peeking from behind a tree on a vastly foggy day.
4. The part when the supporting male character pays a second visit to the FL at the cottage. While conversing with the FL, he asked where the bathroom is and the FL gave him directions then he “followed the directions to the bathroom.” After a while, the FL heard the toilet flushed from the second floor instead of from the first floor (which is where the bathroom she directed him to was) and the supporting male character came down from the second floor. Later on in the story, it turned out that he had stolen some objects that were part of the ML’s creation for the cottage.
5. Another part was when the supporting male character, who is now revealed to be another dragon and the FL’s spirit guide, takes the FL back to the cottage in his dragon form. During the flight, he creates a rainbow trail (a dragon creating the rainbow trail is part of the Hmong beliefs).
6. When the red strings were tied to the trees used as a barrier until later on it turned out to be the ML’s red dragon hair strings. Alongside that, the cottage turned out to be a barrier too.
7. This part is not creative concept related but, I just want to mention it because it is probably the only best part out of the whole entire book. Which is the Judgment chapter where the FL basically slanders God and tells him that even though he punishes both of the FL and ML, he will remember both of them and their love. That part is probably the most powerful part besides it being the best.
There were more, but this is all that are listed for this review.
Cons
There were lots of cons while reading this book and many reviewers had already pointed it out. In which I may not go into too much detail. This will also contain my rant too. Now, here is a list of questionable things and complains that I have:
1. Odd formatting
First, let me put up examples and then I will explain.
An excerpt from a novel that I took a picture of with standardized page format on the left and an excerpt from Memoirs of a Haunted Hmong Girl’s page format on the right (I put the link to the pictures instead of providing the pictures because I don't know how to use Goodread's typing doc that much. Also, I advise you to copy the link and paste it on a blank doc or if you have other alternatives in doing it to be able to see the pictures in another tab instead of on the same tab).
Link to the images: Sample Format Pages
As you can see, there is a huge difference between these two formats. The image on the left you see the spaces in between paragraphs were next to each other like any other published books. While, in the image on the right you see the paragraphs were spaced apart from each other, very unusual for a published book. Not only that, you can also see the differences between the edges for both pages that are located on the right-hand side. The image on the left shows all of the paragraphs aligned together in unison on the right edges, while the image on the right shows the right edges of the paragraphs forming a zigzag looking shape. Again, very unusual for a published book to have that type of formatting on each page.
2. Grammar errors (the obvious ones which are also shown in the image on the right)
Okay, for this part, what I know is that before you publish a book no matter if it is self-published or published through a company. Editing is always important. When reading a published book, there wouldn't be a lot of visible grammar errors, sometimes minor grammar errors here and there. But, in comparison to this book. It has SO MUCH grammar errors. I wondered, why did the author not give her rough drafts to professional editors OR to friends in the literary field (if she has any, knows any, or care to ask around) to do it for her? Instead, like someone had mentioned that she probably did a voluntary editor where anyone can do the editing. You know? Not unless book standards for writing have changed or added a new writing standard, because most of the tenses that were used are present tense rather than past tense like in most books.
3. Lack of certain descriptions
There was one paragraph that really stood out to me and is a good example of it. For instance, “My fingers slipped through his hand just as a figure rose behind him, a woman in traditional Hmong clothes wearing a red veil . . .” (Vang pg. 18)
The part that I underlined is where there needs to be a description. There are different types of Hmong people who each have their own styles of clothing. The question is, what style of clothing was the shaman lady wearing? It seemed like the author expected us readers to know about this already. Apart from that, people outside of the Hmong community are not going to know what traditional Hmong clothes look like. So, when they read this part, they will be puzzled.
There were more than just this example in the book and a reviewer has already mentioned the other one.
4. The Names
I wondered, why did the author choose a Thai name for the FL which is Manee who is HMONG. I don’t mind if there was an explanation in the story about this name choice, but still why? I did feel quite irritated by the ML’s name which is Yushen, a Chinese name as his ethnicity wasn’t addressed. Then, the supporting male character, which is Wujin, also another Chinese name that didn't irritate me that much for some reason. Maybe because he is a spirit guide and a video that I had watched a couple of years ago mentioning spirit guides along with an individual having diverse spirit guides other than the ones in their ethnicity.
5. Flat Main Characters
The FL is more flat than the ML. Almost no character development throughout the whole book until near the end. Meanwhile, the ML's character depth is okay because his purposes were somewhat clear. Even so, there were no character development for him. That's all I have for this one.
6. Lack of chemistry between Manee and Yushen (Okay, instead of using FL and ML every time, I will be using their names instead)
I could not feel their chemistry at all. It did not answer these starter questions: What, When, Why, How, and Where, mostly when did Manee fall in love with Yushen? Which was quite off on the part when she confessed to him while he was pinning her down onto the bed. Even so, I want more than just both of the main characters' simple conversations. Like, can the author be more creative with dialogues? Also, according to the posts on Facebook by the readers aka her fans, they said that they were crying over Manee and Yushen’s tragic love story. But, there was no chemistry between them for me to understand their love and cry over it. Seems like they were probably crying over Yushen’s pain and suffering instead. If I were to cry over their tragic love story, I got to need their chemistry first.
7. Unnecessary Character?
Personally, for this one, though the doll character Mai was one of the supporting characters in the story. I feel like there wasn’t enough importance given to her character? Okay, I get that she is there as a replacement for Manee to be given to Yushen as a bride and there was a moment between both of them; however, that was pretty short. I wish there were more moments in between them to at least enhance her purpose of being a replacement and the importance of her character in the story. Otherwise, how she was written, kind of made her unnecessary.
Honestly, I thought I would enjoy this book, but it ended up being a disappointment instead. Furthermore, this book needed LOTS of REVISIONING and RE-EDITING. It is definitely NOT ready to be published as a book at all. When I first read the book, the name Manee sounded very familiar to one of the Hmong Wattpad stories I read last year 2020 (maybe in 2019). So, I went on Wattpad to search for it, but it wasn’t there. That led me to think that, maybe I was just thinking too much. It’s not until one afternoon, a couple of months ago, I browsed through Facebook and found some old art of the book cover along with a post that looked very familiar to me. I then realized that that post was the chapter that I read on Wattpad last year. It was originally a web novel! Which now made me think that the author should’ve kept it as a web novel and patiently wait for a couple more years as an opportunity for more editing and revisioning before turning it into a book.
Also, before reading this book, I had watched the author’s Facebook lives discussing and addressing each of the chapters. Which some of them would’ve been addressed in the book instead, such as Manee's age that reviewers were ranting about on here. Alongside that, the author had said that this book was based on her experience. If so, then the author should’ve gone along with her actual real-life experience and could still be creative in telling it. That would’ve been better than making one up and mixing it with her real-life experience as it turned out to be a flop.
Apart from that, if I were randomly asked, who was my favorite character in this book? I would say that Wujin was because he has more character depth than the rest of the characters in it making me to sympathize for him and he is witty too. Afterall, I give this book a 2 out of 5 stars. It could’ve been a 1 star if it were not for the creative concepts that were an exception for me.
Lastly, would I recommend this book to anyone? I would say, since this book needed a lot of work. No. If this book goes through the process of further editing and revisioning in the future for the second edition, then yes or it depends. Definitely would not recommend it to avid readers. If you are curious, then sure you can give it a try; however, the price for the eBook and the book itself (both hardcover and paperback) is high…. I recommend that, if you have friends or family that have the eBook version, ask them for it and save your money. If they don’t have it, then either risk it or wait for the discounts, if any.
Update (6/14/2022):
Because of the chaotic commotion surrounding this book from many months ago, I will just spill out my thoughts and plans about this book. When I stated in my review, “If this book goes through the process of further editing and revisioning in the future for the second edition, then yes or it depends.” Though this was referring to the recommendation, I thought of giving the book a second chance if the author had done that and it seems like the author had; however, after knowing about the author’s amateurish actions, I will not be reading her second edition of her book. With this, I will be giving you the events of what happened many months ago. Just so you know that these events that I jotted down are according to my memories and some other people’s statements. If you want to know more, those are located under the 1 and maybe 2 stars reviews reply sections.
The History:
- Originally posted my review around the first week of January 2022
- In the same week, another reviewer on here posted the author’s reaction to Goodreads review on her book. It seemed like the author was upset and basically referred to the negative constructive criticisms as “hate.”
- Unfortunately the reviewer who posted this was removed by the author. But, I went onto the author’s Facebook page as I was curious to find it and I finally found it.
Here’s the link:
So, waaay before I read this book (This contains spoilers so proceed at your own risk or with caution. If you want to go straight into the review, then skip the first paragraph as this review is VERY long).
I didn’t know about this book until one day (this was around 2-3 months ago), I saw a trailer on Facebook (I follow many Hmong filmmakers and artists because I want to basically support them). The trailer seemed to interest me because of the sensational editing, so I took a look at it. That was when I found out about this book. But, I didn’t really think much at first until these videos of girls crying over this book popped up on my feed and some posts about this book that pretty much rated it as good. Not only that, it has one of my favorite mythical creatures in there, which is the dragon. This book is probably the first Hmong book featuring dragons since I’ve listened to so many Hmong dragon stories on YouTube. For this reason, it made me want to read it. Of course, as a broke college student I wanted to find the Google book preview version that usually appears at the top of the search. Unfortunately, that didn’t appear for this book, maybe because it didn’t have one and therefore, I didn’t get a chance to read it. However, fortunately, my cousin has the eBook version sent from my other cousin. I told her to send it to me, so she did, and I finally got the chance to read it. Before diving into this book, because I kept seeing girls crying over some chapters in it. I made a bet that, when I read up to those “tearjerker” chapters, if I cry, then the author gets the point. But, if I don’t cry, then I get the point. And thus, my reading journey of this book began.
Fast forward after finishing reading this book. I would say…. I won! Hooray! Remember what I said, “when I read up to those “tearjerker” chapters, if I cry, then the author gets the point. But, if I don’t cry, then I get the point.” Yeah, so cheers to me for winning the bet. I understand that this book had some emotional and heart wrenching parts, but it wasn’t strongly delivered, in my opinion. Overall, that part was a meh. I don’t know why these girls are crying over this book, like go on Facebook and look at how many girls are crying over it when it really needed lots of editing in many ways that I will be listing down below.
Besides that, the plot itself had many Asian drama tropes, especially Chinese xianxia tropes making it quite unrealistic. A few cultures mixed into a Hmong story that wasn’t addressed and are confusing, along with Hmong cosmology as part of the focus in this book however, according to some reviewers, some of the Hmong religious beliefs in it are questionable (read the other reviews to know more and yes, I am Hmong too). With this, it makes this book that was promoted as nonfiction to be overall concluded as fiction instead. Frankly, I did get “hooked” while reading this book yet at the same time spotted mistakes. That’s all for my opinion of the plot in general, now let’s dig deeper into the book in which I will be listing down my pros and cons of it.
Pros
I liked the creative concepts that were put into this book such as:
1. This is kind of related to the creative concepts but what I liked in general. The description of the cottage and the forest made the scenery beautiful. Gave me some Ghibli films vibes. Actually, the whole book did.
2. The hints that were given in the story about the ML’s dragon identity for example, when the FL holds onto the ML’s hand and the ML’s hand was described to be “cold as ice” and “slippery.” Another example was when both the ML and FL were at a small restaurant and the ML drank from a cup and set it back on the same spot that it was originally placed. The FL noticed that and complimented him on how he is a gentleman and asked him why he would accept a flawed person like her. He then answered her that he doesn’t always put things back to its original spot and when he obsesses over some things it becomes his.
3. The suspense in some parts, for example, when the FL first saw the doll character through the window and the doll character peeking from behind a tree on a vastly foggy day.
4. The part when the supporting male character pays a second visit to the FL at the cottage. While conversing with the FL, he asked where the bathroom is and the FL gave him directions then he “followed the directions to the bathroom.” After a while, the FL heard the toilet flushed from the second floor instead of from the first floor (which is where the bathroom she directed him to was) and the supporting male character came down from the second floor. Later on in the story, it turned out that he had stolen some objects that were part of the ML’s creation for the cottage.
5. Another part was when the supporting male character, who is now revealed to be another dragon and the FL’s spirit guide, takes the FL back to the cottage in his dragon form. During the flight, he creates a rainbow trail (a dragon creating the rainbow trail is part of the Hmong beliefs).
6. When the red strings were tied to the trees used as a barrier until later on it turned out to be the ML’s red dragon hair strings. Alongside that, the cottage turned out to be a barrier too.
7. This part is not creative concept related but, I just want to mention it because it is probably the only best part out of the whole entire book. Which is the Judgment chapter where the FL basically slanders God and tells him that even though he punishes both of the FL and ML, he will remember both of them and their love. That part is probably the most powerful part besides it being the best.
There were more, but this is all that are listed for this review.
Cons
There were lots of cons while reading this book and many reviewers had already pointed it out. In which I may not go into too much detail. This will also contain my rant too. Now, here is a list of questionable things and complains that I have:
1. Odd formatting
First, let me put up examples and then I will explain.
An excerpt from a novel that I took a picture of with standardized page format on the left and an excerpt from Memoirs of a Haunted Hmong Girl’s page format on the right (I put the link to the pictures instead of providing the pictures because I don't know how to use Goodread's typing doc that much. Also, I advise you to copy the link and paste it on a blank doc or if you have other alternatives in doing it to be able to see the pictures in another tab instead of on the same tab).
Link to the images: Sample Format Pages
As you can see, there is a huge difference between these two formats. The image on the left you see the spaces in between paragraphs were next to each other like any other published books. While, in the image on the right you see the paragraphs were spaced apart from each other, very unusual for a published book. Not only that, you can also see the differences between the edges for both pages that are located on the right-hand side. The image on the left shows all of the paragraphs aligned together in unison on the right edges, while the image on the right shows the right edges of the paragraphs forming a zigzag looking shape. Again, very unusual for a published book to have that type of formatting on each page.
2. Grammar errors (the obvious ones which are also shown in the image on the right)
Okay, for this part, what I know is that before you publish a book no matter if it is self-published or published through a company. Editing is always important. When reading a published book, there wouldn't be a lot of visible grammar errors, sometimes minor grammar errors here and there. But, in comparison to this book. It has SO MUCH grammar errors. I wondered, why did the author not give her rough drafts to professional editors OR to friends in the literary field (if she has any, knows any, or care to ask around) to do it for her? Instead, like someone had mentioned that she probably did a voluntary editor where anyone can do the editing. You know? Not unless book standards for writing have changed or added a new writing standard, because most of the tenses that were used are present tense rather than past tense like in most books.
3. Lack of certain descriptions
There was one paragraph that really stood out to me and is a good example of it. For instance, “My fingers slipped through his hand just as a figure rose behind him, a woman in traditional Hmong clothes wearing a red veil . . .” (Vang pg. 18)
The part that I underlined is where there needs to be a description. There are different types of Hmong people who each have their own styles of clothing. The question is, what style of clothing was the shaman lady wearing? It seemed like the author expected us readers to know about this already. Apart from that, people outside of the Hmong community are not going to know what traditional Hmong clothes look like. So, when they read this part, they will be puzzled.
There were more than just this example in the book and a reviewer has already mentioned the other one.
4. The Names
I wondered, why did the author choose a Thai name for the FL which is Manee who is HMONG. I don’t mind if there was an explanation in the story about this name choice, but still why? I did feel quite irritated by the ML’s name which is Yushen, a Chinese name as his ethnicity wasn’t addressed. Then, the supporting male character, which is Wujin, also another Chinese name that didn't irritate me that much for some reason. Maybe because he is a spirit guide and a video that I had watched a couple of years ago mentioning spirit guides along with an individual having diverse spirit guides other than the ones in their ethnicity.
5. Flat Main Characters
The FL is more flat than the ML. Almost no character development throughout the whole book until near the end. Meanwhile, the ML's character depth is okay because his purposes were somewhat clear. Even so, there were no character development for him. That's all I have for this one.
6. Lack of chemistry between Manee and Yushen (Okay, instead of using FL and ML every time, I will be using their names instead)
I could not feel their chemistry at all. It did not answer these starter questions: What, When, Why, How, and Where, mostly when did Manee fall in love with Yushen? Which was quite off on the part when she confessed to him while he was pinning her down onto the bed. Even so, I want more than just both of the main characters' simple conversations. Like, can the author be more creative with dialogues? Also, according to the posts on Facebook by the readers aka her fans, they said that they were crying over Manee and Yushen’s tragic love story. But, there was no chemistry between them for me to understand their love and cry over it. Seems like they were probably crying over Yushen’s pain and suffering instead. If I were to cry over their tragic love story, I got to need their chemistry first.
7. Unnecessary Character?
Personally, for this one, though the doll character Mai was one of the supporting characters in the story. I feel like there wasn’t enough importance given to her character? Okay, I get that she is there as a replacement for Manee to be given to Yushen as a bride and there was a moment between both of them; however, that was pretty short. I wish there were more moments in between them to at least enhance her purpose of being a replacement and the importance of her character in the story. Otherwise, how she was written, kind of made her unnecessary.
Honestly, I thought I would enjoy this book, but it ended up being a disappointment instead. Furthermore, this book needed LOTS of REVISIONING and RE-EDITING. It is definitely NOT ready to be published as a book at all. When I first read the book, the name Manee sounded very familiar to one of the Hmong Wattpad stories I read last year 2020 (maybe in 2019). So, I went on Wattpad to search for it, but it wasn’t there. That led me to think that, maybe I was just thinking too much. It’s not until one afternoon, a couple of months ago, I browsed through Facebook and found some old art of the book cover along with a post that looked very familiar to me. I then realized that that post was the chapter that I read on Wattpad last year. It was originally a web novel! Which now made me think that the author should’ve kept it as a web novel and patiently wait for a couple more years as an opportunity for more editing and revisioning before turning it into a book.
Also, before reading this book, I had watched the author’s Facebook lives discussing and addressing each of the chapters. Which some of them would’ve been addressed in the book instead, such as Manee's age that reviewers were ranting about on here. Alongside that, the author had said that this book was based on her experience. If so, then the author should’ve gone along with her actual real-life experience and could still be creative in telling it. That would’ve been better than making one up and mixing it with her real-life experience as it turned out to be a flop.
Apart from that, if I were randomly asked, who was my favorite character in this book? I would say that Wujin was because he has more character depth than the rest of the characters in it making me to sympathize for him and he is witty too. Afterall, I give this book a 2 out of 5 stars. It could’ve been a 1 star if it were not for the creative concepts that were an exception for me.
Lastly, would I recommend this book to anyone? I would say, since this book needed a lot of work. No. If this book goes through the process of further editing and revisioning in the future for the second edition, then yes or it depends. Definitely would not recommend it to avid readers. If you are curious, then sure you can give it a try; however, the price for the eBook and the book itself (both hardcover and paperback) is high…. I recommend that, if you have friends or family that have the eBook version, ask them for it and save your money. If they don’t have it, then either risk it or wait for the discounts, if any.
Update (6/14/2022):
Because of the chaotic commotion surrounding this book from many months ago, I will just spill out my thoughts and plans about this book. When I stated in my review, “If this book goes through the process of further editing and revisioning in the future for the second edition, then yes or it depends.” Though this was referring to the recommendation, I thought of giving the book a second chance if the author had done that and it seems like the author had; however, after knowing about the author’s amateurish actions, I will not be reading her second edition of her book. With this, I will be giving you the events of what happened many months ago. Just so you know that these events that I jotted down are according to my memories and some other people’s statements. If you want to know more, those are located under the 1 and maybe 2 stars reviews reply sections.
The History:
- Originally posted my review around the first week of January 2022
- In the same week, another reviewer on here posted the author’s reaction to Goodreads review on her book. It seemed like the author was upset and basically referred to the negative constructive criticisms as “hate.”
- Unfortunately the reviewer who posted this was removed by the author. But, I went onto the author’s Facebook page as I was curious to find it and I finally found it.
Here’s the link:
Here’s another incase the author deletes her post:
- The word “mob sab heev” means very hurt by the way.
- She mentioned that the negative constructive reviews wanted an “addressment”, but really no one asked for that.
- On January 17, 2022, the 5 star ratings dramatically rose and before that, the overall rating was around 2.5 stars or a little over maybe less. Because of the 5 stars, that’s how the current rating you see is the way it is.
- Most of the 5 star reviews are “paid actors,” which I cannot contrast between the legit ones and the “paid actors” one whenever there is a new 5 star given in after that incident.
- This is where some of the “5 stars” bashed on the negative constructive reviews.
- Later another reviewer posted the proof of the author’s unprofessional behavior such as her begging and persuading her fans to raise the rating of her book. She wrote it out in a way that she was really hurt.
- Unfortunately, this reviewer’s post was also removed. I also tried to find it on the author’s page, but I couldn't, so it seems like the author had deleted her own post too.
- However, I saw the author made a post on the same day telling her fans not to send her pictures of the negative reviews as she does not want to bother with it anymore.
- Ironically, even after she made that post on Facebook, the ratings are still filtered implying the possibility of her continuous involvement.
- Along the way, this is what you would consider the negative hate reviews that also were posted but later on got removed.
- Weeks later, I heard that the author had been rude to people who were disappointed about her book. Pretty much ranting on her Lives then deleted it afterwards.
- As well as her fans who attacked those people.
- The author also talked crap about a Hmong comedian on one of her Lives, I believe, then did the same thing deleting it.
- The Hmong comedian was just giving her own opinion about the book.
In conclusion, because of these problematic events surrounding the author, I will NOT read her second edition of her book and maybe the ones in the future too. That’s it peeps.