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Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

10 reviews

courtnoodles's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

1.0

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princessm's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

3.75

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heatherjchin's review against another edition

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DNF at 60% — 50% then 10% at the end.

I got through half this novel before reading some reviews and spoilers because I had to see if all the guesses I had for the story trajectory and character development would come true and yup, they would. And actually ended up worse than I’d imagined. So I jumped to the end and decided to count this as a full Read here to give myself credit for reading through what turned out to be a trope-filled, caricature-heavy, shallow, problematic relationships on all levels, and unrootable-for protagonist novel.
The author does a good job with capturing the headiness and messiness of adolescence and young adulthood, and the emotional struggle between personal and parental dreams, but I couldn’t get past the framing of a lot of toxic relationship dynamics and decisions as just mistakes, excusable, not needing accountability or even to be taken seriously.

I also feel like readers who are not from the Chinese American and Asian American communities would find this more entertaining than many of us who live with the weight of these stereotypes daily.

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revengesrose's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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internationalreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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sampetsdogs's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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

4.5

This was such a fun, quick read. Coming of age stories can get a bit redundant, but this one felt fresh. The character development was excellently written and well-paced (I find a lot of the time in YA novels that this gets rushed to the point that it isn't believable), and I absolutely loved Ever, Sophie, Rick and Xavier.

The friendship between Ever and Sophie was so perfectly imperfect and I enjoyed reading through their ups and downs. Really all of the relationships, romantic and friendly alike, gave me all the feels in all the best ways.

One of the major themes in this book is forgiveness, and I really appreciated how it was handled in such a moving and reflective way without coming across as too corny, especially in regards to Ever's tense relationship with her parents.

I'm excited to see the film adaptation and read the companion novel following Sophie and Xavier!

Recommend: Yes

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