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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
5.0
Between a 4.5 and a 5 star, but the starkly honest beauty of Hur's prose earns 5 stars for me. Magic rooted in folklore/mythology blends with modern present day. Storytelling becomes a way of understanding family and culture. An excavation to find your role and process generational trauma. Beautiful and brutal imagery with a ribbon of hope throughout. Directly deals with racism, misogyny, immigration, domestic violence, mental health, transnational adoption, constructing an identity as a second generation immigrant. Very ambitious and the author executed it well. This novel is a journey of discovery and transformation so that you can safely inhabit the liminal spaces. I look forward to reading more from Angela Mi Young Hur.
Thank you to Netgalley and Erewhon Books for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Netgalley and Erewhon Books for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Racism
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