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The Partner Track by Helen Wan

14 reviews

pkm48's review

dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A face-paced and easy read that features a powerful, no-nonsense female lead who nonetheless has her own set of relatable vulnerabilities. I feel that many women, especially those of a minority, can relate to Ingrid Yung as she battles for her position in a cutthroat corporate world which neglects diversity or the contributions that intelligent, hard-working women make but are often overlooked and overshadowed.

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rrubin97's review

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hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I could tell murph wasn’t going to be a good guy because he went to Williams and wan is an Amherst alum

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shania_siobhan's review

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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almond's review against another edition

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3.0

I think the work stress stressed me out. I also felt angered by all the sexism and racism the characters experienced. So maybe I would call it interesting, but not fun.

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obx_mt's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I thought that this book felt like it went a little long. To be fair, I had watched the show before reading the book, and I kept waiting for characters and events from the show to appear. Once I was able to wrap my mind around the fact that this was a different entity I was able to get into it more.

I thought Ingrid was a strong female character and it was interesting to hear her describe her experience around racism and sexism in the professional world. I appreciated the stories she shared from when she was younger and how those instances shaped her into the woman she was.

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lxesli's review

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funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I wanted to read this book as I heard that Netflix was doing a tv series on this book and the trailer looked good so I wanted to know what to expect and how much the series follows the book.

This book follows Ingrid Yung. Her life is full of firsts. A first-generation Chinese American, the first lawyer in her family, she’s about to collect the holy grail of ‘firsts’ and become the first minority woman to make partner at the venerable old law firm Parsons Valentine & Hunt. Ingrid has perfected the arts of ‘passing’ and seamlessly blends into the old-boy corporate culture. But when an offensive incident at the summer outing threatens to destroy the firm’s reputation, Ingrid’s outsider status is thrown into the light. For the first time in the eight years, she’s been at the firm, she has to question her place. Pitted against her colleagues, including her golden-boy boyfriend, Ingrid begins to wonder whether the prestige of partnership is worth breathing her ethics. But can she risk throwing away the American dream that is finally within her reach? This novel is a romance fiction book set in New York City.

The last chapter of this book saved the whole book for me. I was giving up and thought the ending was going to be mediocre just like the book, but Ingrid doing was I hoped she would, saved this book. I thought the whole book was average. The storyline was slightly predictably down to who the villain was. I liked Ingrid’s character development and the fact she stood up for herself but I just was hoping and wanting more. Maybe I little bit of romance in the office considering this book is labelled as a romance fiction. There was no romance except for when it was needed to steer you off the main storyline. I would have loved for a little bit of spice but it just wasn’t there.

Hopefully the tv show is done a little better and not as predictable.

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a_stylish_bookworm's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Thank you @stmartinspress for a copy of this book. Ingrid, an Asian American working at a law firm and is vying to become a partner. Her job consumes her and she is being asked to take on more. As one of the few successful minority in the firm, she faces sexism and racial prejudice. This book was so well told and felt so realistic in a cutthroat firm.

The story made me cheer on Ingrid and wanting her to succeed despite all that is going against her.

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ceedy's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I definitely wouldn’t have enjoyed this book if I hadn’t watched the TV show on Netflix. It’s very different from the show so it kept it interesting enough to keep me curious in how the story would play out, but I definitely don’t think I would have enjoyed this if I had picked it up first. It’s cleaner than the TV show but still has a little bit of sexual content but mainly in conversations and not describing scenes, nowhere close to the show. A decent amount of language and racial issues similar to the show as well. Overall, and interesting book that I read mainly to compare to the Netflix show.

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