Hana Gabrielle Bidon

Thank you for acknowledging how difficult women have it regardless of their race, especially for Asian women. It's arduous dealing with internalized misogyny especially when I grew up with conservative parents. I appreciate your eloquent writing and it goes to show that people can acknowledge their privilege.

I would rate this 3.5 stars because it was a cute romance story where the main character doesn't believe in falling in love in that not everyone would experience it in this time. I personally think that the writing style was the best part of the book but the character development could've been better executed.

I'm amazed by the quality of the memoirs my therapist recommended to me thus far. I especially loved how I learned more about the deadly consequences of bipolar disorder if left untreated, such as maxing out credit cards and spending lots of money over a short period of time while manic. I'm especially glad that Kay got her bipolar disorder under control thanks to lithium, talk therapy, and the support and love from her family. I'm happy that she is able to help those who have bipolar disorder like her and teach people along the way.

I liked the book and found myself learning about India back in the 1950s when girls were forced into stricter gender roles compared to today. I actually appreciated having different languages in the book and it added flavor to the book. I think that the book would be improved if there was more character development and the writing would be drastically better, not that it's bad. Overall, I don't regret reading the book and I would like to read more books by this author to see how her craft progresses and evolves.

The first half of the book was more straightforward and concise. Plus, it painted a picture of AOC grew up in a working-class family and started as a bartender with family responsibilities and debts she had to pay off. Unlike other politicians, she didn't attend a prestigious university like Yale, Columbia, and Harvard like Obama and her predecessors. However, she did attend Boston University, which is still a well-known research university. I also appreciated learning that she was an introvert and that after a long day, she would much rather either play League of Legends or watch RuPaul's Drag Queen Race. AOC is savy with social media, and used it to her advantage when helping out with political campaigns and running for Congress with the help of the Justice Democrats.

The second half was a bit lackluster and didn't hold my attention though I still learned a lot about her “leftist socialist-leaning” politics. Thinking about it, she and Bernie would be considered liberal or left-leaning in Western European and Northern European countries since they support universal healthcare and left-leaning policies that Americans would freak out over.

I like how in-depth the book was in discussing about gay rights, more specifically how race, eugenics, and women were intertwined throughout history in multiple countries, like the United States, Germany, the Philippines, and Malaysia. I was pleased with looking at how women were affected by the gay rights movement, especially how lesbians were perceived by the general public along with gay men. I wish there was more content in the book, but was pleasantly surprised at how much I learned with this book.

Thanks to NetGalley, I got to read this book and learn about how women engaged in politics and activism, not only to fight for women's rights but also religious freedom and the separation of the church and state. Frankly, I don't have prior knowledge of women's rights and politics in England during the turn of the 19th century but I got a nice introduction on this topic. I definitely want to learn more.

I also liked how this book discussed racism and classism in women's politics and how men were allies in women's rights movements. However, I wished that this book went more in depth of the impact these events had in the future of women's rights and intersectionality in England and the rest of Europe like France.

I'm glad that I read this because I heard a more personal account of someone slowly moving away from a fast fashion and consumerist lifestyle into a more sustainable and ethical lifestyle with fashion. As someone who resonates with her shift away from fast fashion brands to more sustainable fashion brands and buying more preloved clothes, I appreciate hearing about the need for intersectionality within the sustainable fashion movement.

I love the character development of this book in particular and how the main character copes with her PTSD from living in a war-torn Syria and then leaving behind her memories and trauma from there to live in the United States. I'm grateful that Jaime from myTBR recommendations suggested this book to me and I'm in love with these kinds of novels.

I loved how this book went more in depth about racial trauma and how systematic discrimination, especially against Black and Indigenous people, negatively impact their mental health. I especially appreciate how relevant current events, such as the murder of George Floyd impacted black people's mental health. I also liked how this book talks about ADHD and how ADHD can be confused for childhood trauma, which this books goes in depth about.

I would like to see more research about how people with disabilities are at increased risk for getting trauma from being bullied by their peers in multiple places, such as the education system and everyday life. I also would've appreciated it if this book goes in depth about how other communities of color, namely mixed-race, Asian, and Latin American, are oppressed in the name of white supremacy.

This book eloquently describes the experience of being Asian-American in a predominantly white neighborhood and internalizing racism, stating that Asian-Americans all look the same, which is a lie. I'm glad that you are more comfortable living as an Asian-American even abroad in South Korea and thanks for telling a narrative that not everyone knows. Thanks so much and you made my day.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me this book for an honest review. I thought this book was decent but the lack of solid character development and plot left me dry. I was thinking that the book would be a decent retelling of The Great Gatsby but this leaves me wanting to read the original work instead.

I love the unique writing style and how Jory answered these questions about being autistic in a predominantly neurotypical world in an honest manner. I appreciate that he didn't see himself as a role model for autism because it's a spectrum and not all autistic people will excel academically. I also am grateful that he told how he experiences emotions, which are detached from his psyche, which is different from me and I kind of act like a neurotypical with emotions due to having to adapt to an environment where I had to discern emotions as an autistic woman. Highly recommend this book if you're keen about learning about autism in a memoir written out in interview form and with his viewpoints about the current state if autism research and how there doesn't need to be a cure.

Like Joseph, I also suffered from childhood trauma, though it wasn't divorce, which contributed to my complex PTSD. I'm glad that therapy, medications, and electroshock therapy worked for you. I'm glad that you're better able to manage your bipolar disorder and I wish peace, love, and happiness in your life. Thank you for publishing this thought provoking memoir and letting me learn more about bipolar disorder.

I thought this book was neat in addressing serious issues like divorce, marriage, care giving for sick family members, and such. I thought the character development was one of the highlights of the book, but I didn't like how manipulative Laine's family was to her. I also thought that the plot was interesting at the beginning but fell flat in the middle and the end of the book.

I like how deceiving the book title is and how the story uncovers. The character development is executed quite well and I enjoyed seeing how characters change as more people kill themselves. It can be jarring seeing a huge rate of suicides in a town that seems perfect but it goes to show that no one knows what's going on behind closed doors.