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internationalreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Dementia, and Terminal illness
yianzhang's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
this short story collection is SO well written but I didn’t find any of the main characters likable, which made it a bit difficult for me to enjoy/relate.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Terminal illness
leah_alexandra's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
What an astounding collection of stories. Not a "skip" among them. They each convey so much history, emotion, and character, in relatively few pages.
Not really a spoiler, I think: one of the best parts about this collection is how Korean immigrants/Korean-Americans are fully centered in each narrative. We're never reading these people through the lens of white people. White people barely feature in the stories at all.
Not really a spoiler, I think: one of the best parts about this collection is how Korean immigrants/Korean-Americans are fully centered in each narrative. We're never reading these people through the lens of white people. White people barely feature in the stories at all.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness
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