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Real Americans

Rachel Khong

4.06 AVERAGE

emotional medium-paced

Too many never finished plot points and didn’t ever dig deep enough for me on the themes it tried to touch on. But I kept reading because I felt like it had to get there with the next page turn.

I like the characters, and the story arc, and the different voices, and even the genetics subplot, but the execution of said subplot fell really flat to me (and made little sense to my inner and outer scientist), so I have to take a star off.
emotional reflective fast-paced

whiplash (positive)
emotional reflective sad slow-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

Some banger lines and the last few paragraphs made my eyes well with tears.

apiora215's review

3.0
mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

You know it hits when even the acknowledgements make you cry.
challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated