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The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

6 reviews

emikateb's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Classism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

januaryghosts's review

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Infidelity

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

mysterymom40's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy

zombiezami's review against another edition

4.25

I loved this book! The voice of the protagonist Jo was truly endearing, and I loved the twists and turns of the narrative. Also, it's rare to see books about Asian Americans' presence in the South. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, and Bullying

Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

lynching, hanging, misogynoir

kayladaila's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

The Downstairs Girl tells the story of Jo Kuan, a Chinese American woman struggling to find her place in post-Civil War Georgia. Jo is employed as a servant for a wealthy family while she lives illegally in the basement of a struggling newspaper owner’s house. She decides to write an advice column to help her upstairs neighbor boost newspaper sales and give herself an outlet. 

Stacey Lee seamlessly touches on so many themes over the course of The Downstairs Girl. My favorite was Lee’s handling of intersectional feminism. From Jo’s column to her involvement with the Women’s Rights movement, there is so much to unpack, and sadly, most of it still needs to be unpacked today. 

The Downstairs Girl reminded me of Last Night at the Telegraph Club. It didn’t help that Emily Woo Zeller read the audiobook for both. However, they are both about young Chinese American women dealing with inter-generational conflict and discrimination. I think these books are worth looking at next to each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Rape