clearlyclairely 's review for:

Stay True by Hua Hsu

3.0

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I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did, being Asian and also having experienced the loss of friends. I found it to be a bit of a personal journal that was all over the place, and heavily focused on the author's personal cultural preferences, music, movies, and "zines" (I swear if I hear that word one more time...) while growing up. Ken and his friends and his family seemed tangential. While there were some passages that were nostalgic and relatable, he mostly seemed like an "I'm more intellectual and superior to you mainstream sheeple" kinda guy in college, and unfortunately, this memoir reflected that persona that I'm allergic to.