Post by thekindercarebear on Apr 22, 2024 17:23:51 GMT
One of my recently (within the last 5 years) favorite books is TickTock by Dean Koontz.
It is at its core about the Asian-American life. Especially the first and second generations and holding on to the past while acclimating for the future. As a Chinese born American, I found it to be a great book and nothing about it was racist to me.
On Amazon it is 4.5 stars out of 5 so most people agree with me - both as entertaining and not insulting.
However there were a few who made such comments and one that actually addressed their comments:
This book offends me greatly. I was offended at the first 30 pages of foreigner stereotypes (give a Vietnamese mother a food obsession, over-protectedness and an inability to form predicates despite otherwise idiomatic English and you get Koontz' ridiculously pathetic attempt at being "diverse.") Hideous!
Let me just make a list:
Stereotypical on race. Poorly executed horror/comedy mix. Unidentifiable characters. A think-as-I-go plot.
Stereotypical on race. Poorly executed horror/comedy mix. Unidentifiable characters. A think-as-I-go plot.
don't do it
worst dialogue I've ever had the pleasure of sitting through. I cannot believe this was published.
worst dialogue I've ever had the pleasure of sitting through. I cannot believe this was published.
the rebuttal
A good fast pace, I liked Tommy and his Vietnamese mom so to ALL the offended people-YOU'RE STUPID. People like Tommy's mom exist. Always have. Always will. Representation, right?
that's how fresh off the boat Asian moms are and how they talk and how they think.
nothing wrong with some honesty even if it is written by a white guy.
and i do wonder if it is non-Asians who are writing that they are so offended...well boo-hoo.
[giveup]
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