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bookcheshirecat's review against another edition
3.0
➽ This is a nonfiction about the Asian American identity! I was interested to learn more about the topic and in Minor Feelings the author offers a collection of essays filled with personal anecdotes. I liked the discussions about the model minority myth, the intersection between race/art and assimilation into American culture. While I liked hearing what Cathy Park had to say, I wish her essays had a bigger connection and that the book felt more cohesive. Some chapters were simply more intriguing to me than others. I struggled the most with the chapters that were focused on her personal life, as it felt a bit invasive and detracted from the points she wanted to make. At one point she talked in-depth about a complicated friendship and her friend's mental health issues. That didn't feel like it had a place in this book and I wonder if her friends consented to having very personal things shared for everyone to read about. The balance between personal anecdotes and her political discussions just felt a bit off at times and made this awkward to read.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and War
charlieeee's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Murder, and War
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Torture, Suicide attempt, 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
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
alsoapples's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Dysphoria
amressing's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder