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A review by citrus_seasalt
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong
4.0
One of the more creative memoirs that’s been published, kept engaging with both the mix of different medias(more art and photos than I’d expected, to be honest!), and Alice Wong’s electric narrative voice. I liked the different writing methods throughout too, especially towards the end when Wong wrote in a futuristic-esque lens in order to incorporate her hope, aspirations and predictions. This provided a detailed look at disabled culture and ableism throughout different decades, and I appreciated that. It’s kind of, in a way, the book embodiment of the “museum” mentioned in the “Pandemic” part of the book.
The only reason I don’t have this at 5 stars is because a lot of this is a collection of Alice Wong’s previous work(not all of it of course! There’s chapters of original writing, too), which although it mostly worked for me as someone new to her, might make this book only subpar for longtime fans.
I’d still recommend that people check this out, even(or perhaps especially) if they don’t usually read nonfiction! Disabled readers get to be understood on a deeper level, non-disabled readers get to read about a valuable perspective outside of the usual ableist narrative, with tons of information ingrained throughout.
The only reason I don’t have this at 5 stars is because a lot of this is a collection of Alice Wong’s previous work(not all of it of course! There’s chapters of original writing, too), which although it mostly worked for me as someone new to her, might make this book only subpar for longtime fans.
I’d still recommend that people check this out, even(or perhaps especially) if they don’t usually read nonfiction! Disabled readers get to be understood on a deeper level, non-disabled readers get to read about a valuable perspective outside of the usual ableist narrative, with tons of information ingrained throughout.