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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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:
Yes
K-Ming Chang is one if those writers that seems to be able to effortlessly and seamlessly blur the lines between poetry and fiction. You hang on every sentence, every word, to find bits and pieces of meaning spread throughout. She weaves together myth, family, coming-of-age, womanhood, etc. into a very spellbinding collection of weird little stories. My favorite stories of the collection: Nüwa, Dykes, Mariela… but loved so many of the others as well.
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Favorites:
- "Auntland"
- "Xifu"
- "Homophone"
- "Mariela"
- "Auntland"
- "Xifu"
- "Homophone"
- "Mariela"
A very well-written lit fic short story collection. Stories were grotesque, mother-daughter focused, and beautiful, but I had a hard time getting through it. Perhaps just burn out of Asian American short stories on my end.
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
DNF at 50%
this book's smell is giving me a headache. it has nothing to do with the story, its just the fumes is too strong. the new book smell is going to kill me.
I like the short stories though. It has the same vibes as The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez but Asian-American, queer, and camp af.
this book's smell is giving me a headache. it has nothing to do with the story, its just the fumes is too strong. the new book smell is going to kill me.
I like the short stories though. It has the same vibes as The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez but Asian-American, queer, and camp af.