savbad 's review for:

Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl by Hyeseung Song

3.5

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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For me, personally, as a memoirist, and also a reader, I felt like the beginning half of the memoir is at odds with the later half. It lays the foundations, sure, but I think instead those foundations could be told in context of why these chapters are important. So much of the first half is telling; why does it matter? We get the answer to that question after her first institutionalization which is why the latter half is more compelling and (I would argue) important.