200 reviews for:

Skinship

Yoon Choi

4.08 AVERAGE

tinamayreads's review against another edition

5.0

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SKINSHIP by Yoon Choi is a remarkable short story collection! I loved it! All of the stories revolved around the Korean American experience and I felt such a connection to these stories and characters as written by a female Asian author. Choi especially writes poignantly about the relationship between mother and daughter which is featured in my fave story in the collection “Song and Song”. I really enjoyed all of the stories and loved the themes that included being an immigrant, language barriers, elderly care, and family bonds. I’ve been loving short stories and now this one is a new fave! Highly recommend!!
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Thank you to AA Knopf for my uncorrected proof!

yoonreads's review against another edition

4.0

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June 27, 2021
I’m torn between rating it a 3 and 4. But maybe after reflection my thoughts may change

ebalon's review against another edition

4.0

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I enjoyed this short story collection, particularly the final story “Song and Song”. Some aspects of the mother-daughter and sister-sister relationship felt very familiar to me.

ipastrana's review against another edition

3.25

reflective slow-paced

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Beautifully written, and I enjoyed getting to read it, but perhaps, overall, these short stories were a little too subtle for me…

courtsreadsalot's review against another edition

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DNF at 56%

kakine's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

gabedon's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Solo Works for the Piano carried, in my opinion. A few, such as Skinship and the Loved Ones, had aspects that really drew me in, but ultimately did not deliver. 

imanabdul's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

jshube's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad 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

natsumiburde's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective slow-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