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Yes
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Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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Yes
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Great structure, keeps you on the edge of your toes! Great narration and fast-paced high-stakes rich mystery where you don’t know who to trust! I wanna be as fast-thinking as Jia when I grow up 😂
I'm so sad that I didn't enjoy this because it had the potential but it just really didn't hit for me :(
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was so much fun! I went into it hoping for messy, wealthy people drama and it definitely delivered that. If you love other people’s gossip and family conflicts, this scratched that itch for me for sure. Beyond the drama, though, I thought it also had some complex and nuanced layers about privilege, wealth, immigration, consumerism, and racial identity. It was much deeper than I expected and the added mystery of the identity of the narrator kept me guessing too. Sometimes the structure with those added narrator parts felt a little funky and pulled me momentarily out of the story, but overall I really liked this one and found it to be a fun, quick listen. The narrator is SO talented. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ALC!
fast-paced
The great American immigrant story meets Succession, Park Avenue is your perfect summer read! Jia Song is a focused and driven attorney whose Korean heritage just landed her a lead role on the firm’s most pivotal case. She must find a way to prevent the patriarch of the ultra wealthy Park family from cheating his children out of their inheritance, while also managing the siblings insecurities and suspicions.
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lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
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Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i enjoyed the crazy rich asians aspect of this, but that's about it.
you follow jia, a junior partner lawyer, who is chosen to defend three uber wealthy siblings and their mother as they fight to keep their inheritance upon the divorce of their parents. this truly felt like reading a k-drama. the siblings all have a pull-and-push dynamic with each other, they hate their dad, the mom is fighting an illness, and chaos is happening left and right. while i felt the plot kept me going because i was dying to know what happened next, the narrator and the others felt like flat cliche versions of k-drama characters.
this was also a story that i would have liked more WITHOUT the romance. jia's romance with the family assistant was so unnecessary and added absolutely nothing to the plot. because of her attraction to him, she was very rude to him in the beginning since she was still bitter from a recent breakup and hated that she was now feeling something for a man. she acted super unprofessional around him. and to be honest, she acted a bit immature at times - i didn't think she quite handled herself as the junior partner she was, especially with how she dealt with the members of the park family.
towards the end, the way the sequence of events unraveled was absurd and sort of took me out of the story because of how unbelievable it was. overall, a fun time but nothing worthy of note to me.
audiobook was fantastic!
you follow jia, a junior partner lawyer, who is chosen to defend three uber wealthy siblings and their mother as they fight to keep their inheritance upon the divorce of their parents. this truly felt like reading a k-drama. the siblings all have a pull-and-push dynamic with each other, they hate their dad, the mom is fighting an illness, and chaos is happening left and right. while i felt the plot kept me going because i was dying to know what happened next, the narrator and the others felt like flat cliche versions of k-drama characters.
this was also a story that i would have liked more WITHOUT the romance. jia's romance with the family assistant was so unnecessary and added absolutely nothing to the plot. because of her attraction to him, she was very rude to him in the beginning since she was still bitter from a recent breakup and hated that she was now feeling something for a man. she acted super unprofessional around him. and to be honest, she acted a bit immature at times - i didn't think she quite handled herself as the junior partner she was, especially with how she dealt with the members of the park family.
towards the end, the way the sequence of events unraveled was absurd and sort of took me out of the story because of how unbelievable it was. overall, a fun time but nothing worthy of note to me.
audiobook was fantastic!
Add this to your summer TBR if you’re looking for a Kevin Kwan-esque + Gossip Girl mashup!
Jia is now junior partner and is asked to drop all responsibilities to put all her attention into the ultra rich Korean American Park family where the father has filed for divorce and claims to have 25 million, but they are suppose to more in the billions. With a timeline and being swooped around the world in private jets Jia is to find out where the money is. In her search she gets to know more about this elite family. As well as her own.
I’ve always wanted to use the term “frothy” in a review and here it is. The frothy book of summer to watch for! There is nothing better than a sun lounger. Cold beverage. And a book that covers a large cast of characters, flashy names, world travels and DRAMA!
Thank you Flat Iron
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hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Tbh, this was a slow starter for me. I alllllmost dnf'ed about 20% in.
However it does pick up shortly there after with plenty of family drama, intrigue, and a sneaky, snakey terribly husband and father.
Basically the Park family patriarch has decided to start a whole new life since his wife has terminal cancer, his only son is gay, and he has no use for his two daughters. Now he has a fiancee the same age as his daughters and is expecting a new son.
But not only is he starting this new life, but he's trying to hide assets and cut his wife/children out of what they should be entitled to.
Enter Jia Song. She's a newly minted junior partner at her powerful law firm and hungry for senior partnership already. She leaps at the chance to take on this case as a stepping stone toward her goals.
But Jia hadn't factored in how difficult the Park family would be to navigate, how tempting their house manager would be, or how this case would take over her entire life.
You can't count Jia out though. She's determined and savvy, but even her strengths won't prepare her for how this story plays out.
However it does pick up shortly there after with plenty of family drama, intrigue, and a sneaky, snakey terribly husband and father.
Basically the Park family patriarch has decided to start a whole new life since his wife has terminal cancer, his only son is gay, and he has no use for his two daughters. Now he has a fiancee the same age as his daughters and is expecting a new son.
But not only is he starting this new life, but he's trying to hide assets and cut his wife/children out of what they should be entitled to.
Enter Jia Song. She's a newly minted junior partner at her powerful law firm and hungry for senior partnership already. She leaps at the chance to take on this case as a stepping stone toward her goals.
But Jia hadn't factored in how difficult the Park family would be to navigate, how tempting their house manager would be, or how this case would take over her entire life.
You can't count Jia out though. She's determined and savvy, but even her strengths won't prepare her for how this story plays out.
funny
reflective
fast-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:
Complicated