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I loved this book. Truly. It was adventure and fun and confronted real life issues while remaining true to the historical setting. The main character is flawed and it addressed her whiteness and concept of feminism.
Made me really love poetry. Some of these are amazing spoken word. Felt seen as a queer Vietnamese person. Explored different formatting which kept my interest.
Fact: Taylor Jenkins Reid puts crack in her books.
I could not put this down. The format was so refreshing and well done. The cast of characters were all fleshed out. Finding out the twist ending made readers think back to details in the book that tied everything together. The songs are so good too like I thought they were real songs. The characters felt so real and I’m glad the ending wasn’t what readers really wanted but gave hope for the ones that did.
I could not put this down. The format was so refreshing and well done. The cast of characters were all fleshed out. Finding out the twist ending made readers think back to details in the book that tied everything together. The songs are so good too like I thought they were real songs. The characters felt so real and I’m glad the ending wasn’t what readers really wanted but gave hope for the ones that did.
Such a eye opening piece about Asian American history but I enjoyed how it’s not separate from Black history and how it showed conflict but also shared struggle and incorporated personal anecdotes.
Minor Feelings is something so personal, encapsulating the width of the Asian American experience. She describes minor feelings as “the racialized range of emotions that are negative, dysphoric, and therefore untelegenic, built from the sediments of everyday racial experience and the irritant of having one’s perception of reality constantly questioned or dismissed.” Cathy Park Hong writes about her relationship to the English language, mental health, poetry, and female friendships. She utilizes her own anecdotes and references historical evidence. She refuses to write about race politely, to make it palatable for a white audience. She explores the nuances of racial consciousness in America and explains how Asians can be the both the perpetrators and victims, not shy in delving in the model minority myth and the American dream. This is an essential read, uncovering apologetic truths.
Minor Feelings is something so personal, encapsulating the width of the Asian American experience. She describes minor feelings as “the racialized range of emotions that are negative, dysphoric, and therefore untelegenic, built from the sediments of everyday racial experience and the irritant of having one’s perception of reality constantly questioned or dismissed.” Cathy Park Hong writes about her relationship to the English language, mental health, poetry, and female friendships. She utilizes her own anecdotes and references historical evidence. She refuses to write about race politely, to make it palatable for a white audience. She explores the nuances of racial consciousness in America and explains how Asians can be the both the perpetrators and victims, not shy in delving in the model minority myth and the American dream. This is an essential read, uncovering apologetic truths.
One of my favorite romance books. Amazing representation but it’s not about that it’s an amazing enemies to lovers romance and well developed characters and the pacing was great.
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