A review by readingpicnic
Stay True by Hua Hsu

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

I loved reading about the author’s angsty need to only like niche things as a teen and college student, and there were so many funny scenes like when he accidentally bought a poster of Björk that was way too big and got scared of it above his bed. The search for identity by both Ken and Hua felt so vulnerable and raw, as well as trying to find a form of activism that was sustainable for them. I found the conversations around representation from when it wasn’t as popularized (or mainstream?) by Hua, Ken, and Hua’s parents to be very interesting. The grief in this book was hard to read towards the end, but I think this is an important memoir and I’m glad it was written. 
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