Reviews - Lonely Asian Woman

8 reviews for:

Lonely Asian Woman

Sharon Lam

3.71 AVERAGE

katie_at_sea's review against another edition

4.5

funny

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

henrycooke's review against another edition

5.0

Read in a single sick day, almost in one session.

Extremely good. Features some of the best writing about Wellington I’ve read. I’m usually quite annoyed at books for not having much plot but didn’t mind that this one didn’t have much plot for its first half or so, and then was very surprised when it suddenly had a lot more plot.

bgc97's review against another edition

4.0

challenging funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rainareads's review against another edition

5.0

it's been about 8 months since i first read this and not a week has gone by where i haven't thought about this book at least once.

jewellery's review against another edition

2.75

dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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

I felt a lot of promise in this book – Lam has a naturally fluid style of prose and a knack for fine-toothed observation. The text sometimes trips on its attention to funny details and in its second act, an implausible turn drags it into surrealism, but not quite clearly enough to bring the reader along. By the time I had clocked the shift, I'd drifted from the plot and characters. I would love to see this book revised, edited and rereleased some day!