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emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I have so many thoughts on this.
Half of the book I loved and the other half I was bored to death. Let’s start with the things I enjoyed.
Loved the short chapters and multiple POVs. Loved the love story between Hunter and Luna. Loved how Luna grew over the time span in the book and became her own person. Loved the writing style.
What I didn’t enjoy that there was so much happening and in the end also not. Like, don’t ask me what the plot was supposed to be of this book, I couldn’t tell you. Then so many things left unexplained and some rather questionable topics being mentioned in the book, but, again not really explained and rather brushed off. As a privileged white woman, I’m the last person to be able to talk about Chinese history, but I would’ve wished for things to be explained more, especially if you‘re covering topics that are not vastly discussed in the general public or school.
Overall, that left the story all over the place and the ending 🤨
Half of the book I loved and the other half I was bored to death. Let’s start with the things I enjoyed.
Loved the short chapters and multiple POVs. Loved the love story between Hunter and Luna. Loved how Luna grew over the time span in the book and became her own person. Loved the writing style.
What I didn’t enjoy that there was so much happening and in the end also not. Like, don’t ask me what the plot was supposed to be of this book, I couldn’t tell you. Then so many things left unexplained and some rather questionable topics being mentioned in the book, but, again not really explained and rather brushed off. As a privileged white woman, I’m the last person to be able to talk about Chinese history, but I would’ve wished for things to be explained more, especially if you‘re covering topics that are not vastly discussed in the general public or school.
Overall, that left the story all over the place and the ending 🤨
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs
Cheating
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