236 reviews for:

Park Avenue

Renée Ahdieh

3.83 AVERAGE

brownschu's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

ennasirk's review against another edition

4.75

fast-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

katebirdie's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious tense 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

bhorne's review

4.25

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eightshot's review

3.0

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a birkin being why jia song decided to attend nyu and columbia...okayy

abkinlaw's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny informative 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

booksandbills's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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: No

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The author fit SO much into this book…it’s a Succession-esque story of a very wealthy family at war over who will inherit what…but it’s also a story of holding the values of your ancestors, fighting stereotypes, messy family drama, and the lifestyles of the fabulously rich.  Add to that a possible murder mystery, a love story, a breaking of the fourth wall, found family and the reevaluation of life goals.  It could have been a disaster, but Renee Ahdieh made it work!  This book is a ride, and a slow one much of the time.  Still, it was fascinating and I’m glad I read it.

briophyta's review against another edition

4.0

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I won this in a giveaway and I might not have picked it off a shelf, but I really enjoyed it. Silly but subtly meta and somehow like sweetly profound in it's message. Layered characters and plot, and cultural authenticity. The only things I didn't like were the annoying interspersed "dear reader" blah blah blah bits, annoying amount of repetition whining about the ex-bf & emotional inner turmoil stuff, and the annoying voice the narrator decided to use for the house manager.

scrapanddesign's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional 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

cstovall17's review against another edition

3.25

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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