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Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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ninahuynh's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I still don't understand how Meddy's mom

didn't recognize Aguan's photo on the dating app... I know he didn't send any photos in the chat, but she and the aunties rave about how handsome he is so the assumption is there be at least 1 photo in the profile or how else would Meddy know who to look for when she met him for the first time?

The aunties definitely remind me of my own aunts and family. I loved that I learned a bit about Indonesian/Chinese-Indonesian culture.

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gwenswoons's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I thought this was mostly pretty terrible despite having plenty of memorable and fun characters. The writing felt so repetitive and the sort of mishmash of genres and plots felt so jumbled and clunky. The second-chance love story itself was less painful to me than the rest of it and I think I could have for sure tolerated a simple Nathan and Meddy rom-com! But the murdery cover-up stuff (despite moments of humor with the aunts) is so muddled — we’re supposed to be ok with the fact that they killed this dude because he was a predator? Like, sure, I’m on board for that, but also how are we laughing about that? It’s just like…not funny?? (This aside from the fact that I don’t actually feel like I would read this as a murder to begin with, tasing someone who’s about to assault you?? So like…the entire premise flopped for me?)

Anyway. I found myself wishing the writing and structure of this were much better so I could actually follow up and read more about the characters (many of whom I actually liked on a basic level). But I couldn’t tolerate it.

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wandering_seal's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was so enjoyable! I loved the squabbling aunties and the silliness of the hidden body being trudged all around. I'll be finding more from Sutanto to read in the future.

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jstilts's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

An absolute blast of a book, part farcical heist, part romance, all funny family drama.

Once the plot gets going this becomes a real page-turner, with frequent bombshell twists at the ends of chapters that will make you howl in laughter and amazement at the audacity of the author.

Absolutely loved it!

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alisonvh's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was fun, but the main character was too stupid to live. I got so sick of her making the exact wrong move at every turn that I wanted to slap her. Fortunately her mom and aunts were hilarious enough to make the book worth reading.

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