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nerdinthelibrary's review
4.0
1) Meet Marly ★★★★
content warnings: racism
representation: vietnamese main character, vietnamese side characters, egyptian side character
This was a great follow-up to the first book. It's genuinely incredible the way that Alice Pung can make you sympathise with Marly when she's angry at her parents, even when you know that her parents are actually right. Pung taps into that part of you that remembers being ten and mad at your parents for something dumb and it makes Marly appear perfectly justified in her anger.
I didn't like the plot of this one as much as the first, and I miss Marly's cousins, but I loved the inclusion of Yousra and I really hope we get to see more of her in the next two books.
content warnings: racism
representation: vietnamese main character, vietnamese side characters, egyptian side character
This was a great follow-up to the first book. It's genuinely incredible the way that Alice Pung can make you sympathise with Marly when she's angry at her parents, even when you know that her parents are actually right. Pung taps into that part of you that remembers being ten and mad at your parents for something dumb and it makes Marly appear perfectly justified in her anger.
I didn't like the plot of this one as much as the first, and I miss Marly's cousins, but I loved the inclusion of Yousra and I really hope we get to see more of her in the next two books.
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