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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I was going to. For a YA novel, this book is incredibly complex in the way it deals with serious themes such as EDs, illness, and family. June and Jayne are far from perfect. Their relationship with their parents is distance, their relationship with each other is delicate, constantly teetering towards doom. There were times when I despised each of them for the way they treated each other. But it only made the growth and conclusion that much more satisfying. The last few pages almost brought me to tears. There is truly no bond like sisterhood, no one can hurt you worse or love you best.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
medium-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
This is an emotional heavy book where the MC makes destructive choice after destructive choice and even the “love” interest is a destructive choice for her.
I didn’t enjoy reading it but I couldn’t stop reading it
I didn’t enjoy reading it but I couldn’t stop reading it
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Choi creates such real characters with both charms and flaws. Found the exploration of the Korean American experience to be so accurate. Would have loved to read this when I was a teen. Also, love the cover so much!
jayne and june are good sisters. jayne and june are also the absolute worst. i miss them already. i feel like i barely know them. i feel like i've known them all my life.
definitely not what i thought it would be but i enjoyed it. jayne is a main character that makes all the wrong decisions that you get mad at throughout the book. but, i think that’s the authors points as she battles with a destructive ed. (i would advise not to read if you have or have had a ed or if that is triggering to you) but i overall actually throughly enjoyed it!
TW: eating disorder, cancer disease
This book is so difficult to follow. I probably would have dnf it if it wasn't for the audiobook. It is heavily character driven which I have come to learn, perhaps isn't my cup of tea.
I'm disappointed that I didn't end up enjoying this like others. The synopsis makes me believe that this might be an insightful read about two sisters coming together to work things out. Well, not quite. The plot was all over the place. It could solely focus on the estranged relationship between the two sisters. But then more information that wasn't relevant was dumped onto the readers. Such as Jayne's irrelevant love life. It does nothing to this new reunion. All it does is switch the attention away from this newly formed relationship between both sisters.
Though it's a character-driven book, I can't help but feel sorry for this book. The characters were so underdeveloped and uninteresting and it was so painful to follow. Look, I don't mind flawed characters, but if they are not well done it's pointless. Jayne for example definitely has her struggles. But she never improves or grows as a person, she remains the same from the start till the end. How do you expect me to like a character like this?
It probably be a great book if it promises what it promises. The sisters and mother dynamic minus Jayne's flings.
This book is so difficult to follow. I probably would have dnf it if it wasn't for the audiobook. It is heavily character driven which I have come to learn, perhaps isn't my cup of tea.
I'm disappointed that I didn't end up enjoying this like others. The synopsis makes me believe that this might be an insightful read about two sisters coming together to work things out. Well, not quite. The plot was all over the place. It could solely focus on the estranged relationship between the two sisters. But then more information that wasn't relevant was dumped onto the readers. Such as Jayne's irrelevant love life. It does nothing to this new reunion. All it does is switch the attention away from this newly formed relationship between both sisters.
Though it's a character-driven book, I can't help but feel sorry for this book. The characters were so underdeveloped and uninteresting and it was so painful to follow. Look, I don't mind flawed characters, but if they are not well done it's pointless. Jayne for example definitely has her struggles. But she never improves or grows as a person, she remains the same from the start till the end. How do you expect me to like a character like this?
It probably be a great book if it promises what it promises. The sisters and mother dynamic minus Jayne's flings.