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Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
11 reviews
moonwedge's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Murder
herceia's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting
deetabz's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, and War
Moderate: Bullying, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation
bexi's review
Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and War
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Torture
noellelovesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism
clarabooksit's review against another edition
3.5
Her writing is bold, judgmental and brutally honest. I admired her consistent interrogation of her own thoughts and motives as she ruthlessly questioned those of others. I definitely think it’s worth a read but it’s not a new favorite.
Graphic: Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Violence, Murder, and War
Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape
koreanlinda's review against another edition
3.0
Forte:
- I liked the chapters about Cathy's experience with counseling therapy and the relationship with her mother.
Shortcomings:
- The chapters lack cohesion and were confusing in terms of time progression.
- The book is marketed as an Asian American memoir, but a big portion of the book is neither memoir nor about the Asian American experience.
- I got the feeling that Cathy is avoiding telling her own story and reverting to the story of others.
- One chapter about Cathy's college years shows that a friend abused Cathy, but there is never an acknowledgement of the abuse. It is rather dismissed as a character flaw.
If you want to read about Korean American Woman's experience, I recommend Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.
Review by Linda (she/they)
Twitter @KoreanLinda
Letter writer at DefinitelyNotOkay.com
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse
ntvenessa's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Eating disorder, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia
thevietvegan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Rape and Murder
julied's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Domestic abuse