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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’d never read one of Choi’s novels and now I’m obsessed. Her level of detail in her writing is exquisite, you can smell, taste, and feel every scene. I was completely sucked into Jayne’s life and each sentence reveals her pain. Food, family, and the desire to be understood and wanted are all central to this novel with themes of eating disorders, sexuality, sisterhood, obligation, addiction.
aggressively millennial and as melodramatic as if rupi kaur wrote a full length novel. also think it’s hilarious how little the author understood her own characters. she kept trying to convince me that the sisters belonged to two different archetypes but i never once believed her. had potential, but was ultimately disappointing. like eating chipotle.
This story is about estranged sisters who are forced to reconnect when one is diagnosed with cancer. The book explores regional identities (Texas/NYC), the unique experience of first generation immigrants (specifically, Korean), as well as eating disorders and body image. I didn’t love the writing or the characters.
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Minh Xuan, I apologize in advance and ty for lending me the book <3
Ahh yes where to begin?
I had such high expectations cuz of this ~beautiful~ cover... *sigh* if only the book was as beautiful.
(Warning imma rant so this may be long)
Jayne's character was a mix between annoying and pointless. The amount of complaining she does in this book is unbelievable. It felt like we were supposed to root for her just because we felt bad for her. She just leaned on others around her which was fine cuz character development, but uhh there was none.
I honestly loved the plot of the story, it's just disappointing that it didn't deliver. I was promised family secrets, sister relationships, and a heartbreaking story but what I got was 385 pages of Jayne's messed up love life. Literally the only heartfelt scene in the entire book was when June -i mean uhh Jayne- was being taken into surgery and possibly dying. There were some funny scenes with Jayne and June but most of them were of them bickering and annoying each other (honestly they annoyed me more lol) but it's like Jayne wasn't even trying to make up with June the entire book but then suddenly at the end they're like omg I love you so much. -_-
One more thing before we get to the good parts; I swear these characters cannot go half a page without cursing or doing something uhh adult stuff xd. It's like a book with no filter. I mean.... if thats what you want to read then okay but imma need y'all to chill a little.
Okay now for the good things: The cover. It's literally so pretty and I loved the two hands holding each other on the side of the pages. It's Perfection. Also I really liked the title of the book "Yolk" because it's an unusual and interesting title. I also really like it because while Yolk wasn't directly referenced in the book, it's open for interpretation. Basically the good parts consist of everything that happened before I read the book but anywayssss cya in my next review!
Ahh yes where to begin?
I had such high expectations cuz of this ~beautiful~ cover... *sigh* if only the book was as beautiful.
(Warning imma rant so this may be long)
Jayne's character was a mix between annoying and pointless. The amount of complaining she does in this book is unbelievable. It felt like we were supposed to root for her just because we felt bad for her. She just leaned on others around her which was fine cuz character development, but uhh there was none.
I honestly loved the plot of the story, it's just disappointing that it didn't deliver. I was promised family secrets, sister relationships, and a heartbreaking story but what I got was 385 pages of Jayne's messed up love life. Literally the only heartfelt scene in the entire book was when June -i mean uhh Jayne- was being taken into surgery and possibly dying. There were some funny scenes with Jayne and June but most of them were of them bickering and annoying each other (honestly they annoyed me more lol) but it's like Jayne wasn't even trying to make up with June the entire book but then suddenly at the end they're like omg I love you so much. -_-
One more thing before we get to the good parts; I swear these characters cannot go half a page without cursing or doing something uhh adult stuff xd. It's like a book with no filter. I mean.... if thats what you want to read then okay but imma need y'all to chill a little.
Okay now for the good things: The cover. It's literally so pretty and I loved the two hands holding each other on the side of the pages. It's Perfection. Also I really liked the title of the book "Yolk" because it's an unusual and interesting title. I also really like it because while Yolk wasn't directly referenced in the book, it's open for interpretation. Basically the good parts consist of everything that happened before I read the book but anywayssss cya in my next review!
dark
sad
medium-paced
*3.5 rounded up*
dang. this is probably the most emotional a book has made me. i felt so seen and i did not want to be.
overall this is a solid book. it lost points for me because the pacing was a bit off, the ending was a bit lacking, and the main character prefers nick jonas to joe jonas and logan huntzberger to jess mariano. and i just can’t condone that.
dang. this is probably the most emotional a book has made me. i felt so seen and i did not want to be.
overall this is a solid book. it lost points for me because the pacing was a bit off, the ending was a bit lacking, and the main character prefers nick jonas to joe jonas and logan huntzberger to jess mariano. and i just can’t condone that.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes