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charliebites's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Dementia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, and Sexism
Moderate: Police brutality and Classism
imds's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia
scarroll178's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
The thematic elements in this book are by far its strongest parts. The author has a lot to say about internalized racism and stereotypes about Asian Americans. These ideas made the book engaging, but I wish the author had written them in the format of an essay rather than a novel.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gun violence
horizonous's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence
Moderate: Death and Dementia
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Blood, and Genocide
elizabeth_lepore's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Xenophobia
Moderate: War, Gun violence, Death, and Violence
yuyuv's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Dementia, Grief, Xenophobia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Medical content
cozyscones's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Death and Violence
inkylabyrinth's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
This book is very surreal, very clever satire. It has so much to say on how Asian-Americans fit into American culture, or how they are often either forgotten or made into stereotypes. Smart, funny, unconventional, easy to read, highly recommended.
Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs
Minor: Death and Gun violence
tinathedrifter's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence and Suicide
Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Racism
samchase112's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I highly recommend the audiobook, it was well-performed and, thanks to the narrator’s fantastic portrayals of multiple characters and voices and accents, I never felt lost even in this uniquely structured story.
Graphic: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Death, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence