Reviews - Chinatown interiore

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Chinatown interiore

Charles Yu

4.02 AVERAGE

abbyyee's review against another edition

4.0

I loved the premise and TV show script structure because it brought a new and interesting perspective to well-worn themes of immigration, assimilation, representation, and identity.

ksraines217's review against another edition

4.0

funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I like when an author can surprise me, and Charles Yu did with his inventive and darkly funny take on race, identity, family, and popular culture. He uses a screenplay structure with the main protagonist playing “Generic Asian Man.”

The author explores what it’s like to enter spaces where you are not welcome, and where people think they know your interior self because of your skin color.

bethanyellen's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

chipepper's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jprado47's review against another edition

5.0

funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A fantastic read, hardly put it down. The style of writing helps contribute to the issues the story is addressing.

bibliolucinda's review against another edition

Brilliant, creative and one of the most unique books I've come across. Via audiobook, I think I replayed the below scene about 5 times:

"Maybe it's the dream of the open highway. The romantic myth of the West. A reminder that these funny orientals have actually been Americans longer than you have. Know something about this country that you haven't figured out. If you don't believe it, go down to your local karaoke bar on a busy night. Wait until the third hour, when the drunk frat boys and gastropub waitresses with headshots are all done with Backstreet Boys and Alicia Keys and locate the slightly older Asian businessman standing patiently in line for his turn, his face warmly rouged on Crown or Japanese lager, and when he steps up and starts slaying "Country Roads", try not to laugh, or wink knowingly or clap a little too hard, because by the time he gets to "West Virginia, mountain mama," you're going to be singing along, and by the time he's done, you might understand why a seventy-seven year old guy from a tiny island in the Taiwan Strait who's been in a foreign country for two-thirds of his life can nail a song, note perfect, about wanting to go home."