Reviews with content warning for Racial slurs - Interior Chinatown

Interior Chinatown is an interesting, innovative and fresh novel that explores what it means to be Asian in America. Charles Yu masterfully plays with style and form in this novel, seamlessly moving between traditional prose and script/screenplay to tell a darkly humorous and riveting story. The commentary and critique around the construction of race and the treatment of Asian Americans was so well done here, and I see exactly why this book is a National Book Award recipient. I cannot wait to read more from Charles Yu!

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adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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spinescens's review

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challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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ktdakotareads's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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lizcaruth's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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bikes_and_books's review against another edition

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funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Taking the form of a screenplay, this novel is like anything I've ever read before. It's ironic, satirical, and deeply moving. I loved every bit of it and would highly recommend reading this (well deserved) National Book Award winner immediately if not sooner.

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megg's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

Well, this book blew my mind. It reads like a script to a movie, and brings up lot of questions about Asian American representation. I never knew where it was going next. What a beautiful story.

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ambersbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The format of this book, presented as a screenplay, was brilliant. The content kept me on my toes, constantly thinking and questioning, and was compulsively readable. Every time I’d set it down, I’d be thinking about the characters until the next time I picked it up. I’m definitely going to be thinking about this one for quite a while. Highly recommend.

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