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A review by juliaarciga
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
No rating for now because I need to think about it some more. Thoughts:
- The book had moments where I knew exactly what she was talking about, and other moments where I was disengaged and, frankly, uninterested
- Some essays are better than others. This is going to sound harsh but I did not care much for the author’s retelling of her oberlin days and the toxic friendship she had. I didn’t really know how that tied into anything in the book (but IDK, maybe I’m just not seeing it).
- This is a good book if you want to expand your vocab. Big words were used on literally every single page. Kind of interesting to think about the use of such sophisticated words given the essay “Bad English” in there
- This is not a casual read. There were times where it felt like a total slog to get through.
- There’s a lot of hype about this book and I’m feeling disappointed.
- The book had moments where I knew exactly what she was talking about, and other moments where I was disengaged and, frankly, uninterested
- Some essays are better than others. This is going to sound harsh but I did not care much for the author’s retelling of her oberlin days and the toxic friendship she had. I didn’t really know how that tied into anything in the book (but IDK, maybe I’m just not seeing it).
- This is a good book if you want to expand your vocab. Big words were used on literally every single page. Kind of interesting to think about the use of such sophisticated words given the essay “Bad English” in there
- This is not a casual read. There were times where it felt like a total slog to get through.
- There’s a lot of hype about this book and I’m feeling disappointed.