Reviews - Park Avenue | The StoryGraph

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Park Avenue

Renée Ahdieh

3.84 AVERAGE

ceereads579's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

khogan214's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious medium-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

karareads90's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

sashubey's review against another edition

4.25

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Interesting structure with the narrator. Definitely keeps you on your toes as a reader.

elow311's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

drgenevieve's review

4.0

emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

librarilynn's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

At first glance, this is a family drama, but the dynamics make this feel cinematic. The stakes are vicious, and the dark humor of it all is very reminiscent of Succession. Our narration is snarky and deceptive, and you can't tell whether you want the characters to make up or duke it out. I would almost go as far as to call this a contemporary romance--not because it truly is one, but because the whole thing is so fiery.

While it's a different genre for Ahdieh, her execution is pretty spectacular. I didn't expect to be so taken by this story, and now I can't wait to see what else Adhieh does in the contemporary genre.

jenfulls's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

3.5⭐️ - I won a copy of the audiobook on StoryGraph.

This is a story about a Korean woman - Jia - who, one day while sitting in her parent’s shop, sees a Birkin handbag and falls in love with it. Due to her longing for this outrageously expensive bag, along with the pressures placed on her by her family, she goes to Columbia law school and gets a job at a top law firm. One of the firm’s partners places her on a new account because of her heritage- the new clients are also Korean.

The Park siblings have come together because their mother, Jenny, is dying of cancer and their father, Seven, is divorcing Jenny to be with his pregnant mistress and hiding the family’s extensive wealth. Jia’s firm is hired to find the money and get Jenny (and thus, the children) their fair share.

The writing and storyline were both well done for the most part. I had issues with a couple of things - such as Darius’ immediate and obvious longing for Jia, the over the top descriptions of food/clothing, the entire scheme of what was going on in the background that Jia was not aware of (a bit too much), and the choices made at the end. A lot of that is the attorney in me though.

And I definitely predicted the twist at the end 🤷🏻‍♀️

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