4.27 AVERAGE

emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced
emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book had lovely prose, strong character development, and beautifully touched on the life of the poor working-class along with topics of mental health, addiction, and aging.
challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

"She was heading to America after all. The truest version of it. The one where everyone pays to be here." Did me in.
dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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
challenging dark emotional funny medium-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 hopeful inspiring medium-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

Ocean Vuong's magnus opus about a boy looking for a second chance at life after accidentally befriending an old woman who lives near a bridge. This novel is one of the best depictions of found family I've ever read and I'm so happy to have the privilege of owning a (signed!) copy of this masterpiece. Every motif (from cornbread to warspeak to owl paraphernalia) is so randomly, yet lovingly placed within this heartwrenching tale of love, loss, and lives worth restarting. Thank you, Ocean Vuong <3

This is a gorgeous book. So many of these sentences blew me away.