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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
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:
Yes
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
interesting to read, the format was fun. the end was so much, but still good i think
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Concept was so incredible - only thing I didn’t like was the end because it seemed like an internal resolution to a structural problem
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
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
“…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 hara, 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.”
Definitely a satire, unique in format, not always the most cutting-edge or insightful but tender in many ways. I always appreciate anecdotes about elders and how they show care in their own way for their community members. I felt moved by the nostalgia and sentimentality, and felt the historical context of Taiwan was grounding for the story.
Definitely a satire, unique in format, not always the most cutting-edge or insightful but tender in many ways. I always appreciate anecdotes about elders and how they show care in their own way for their community members. I felt moved by the nostalgia and sentimentality, and felt the historical context of Taiwan was grounding for the story.
challenging
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Yu articulates the exoticization and construction of the Chinese identity in an interesting way, but as soon as he tries to place Asians into the larger context of American racial politics this book becomes kind of a mess. It’s like he’s sort of self-aware that making Asians out to be this Secret Third Thing whose oppression is totally invisible by comparing them to Black people is problematic, but addresses it in really confusing and haphazard ways that make me feel like he doesn’t fully get it. The format was inconsistent and unfunny too sorry this book just really annoyed me I probably would have enjoyed this in like high school but at this point I’ve taken too many asam classes I fear. Also the entire romantic arc was weird bc a) eww quasian glorification and b) I just know the protagonist would literally be the type of guy to comment Oxford study on instagram
This was an easy book to tear through. I loved the script format. It was an illuminating perspective of race and the Asian experience in America. I can’t wait to watch the show and see how it translates to the screen
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced