268 reviews for:

Green Frog

Gina Chung

4.11 AVERAGE

elchiang78's review

4.5

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

raelovesreading's review

4.0

inspiring reflective fast-paced

mburnsides's review

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

arianadcav's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

natalieanya's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

lottie1803's review

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective

exploringself's review

2.5

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I read this collection as a part of my job’s “Reading for Fun” book club. Most enjoyed “Presence,” “Attachment Processes,” and “The Arrow,” however, wouldn’t recommend the collection overall. Many stories felt quite melodramatic. 

honeytides's review

3.75

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Favorites: The Fruits of Sin (4.75), The Love Song of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat (4.5). 

tohfu's review

4.0

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banger after banger. quiet and meditative stories about asian am diaspora experiences such as familial disconnect, imposter syndrome, assimilation, and pressure for success

matthewdefusco's review

3.0

emotional relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was an ok book of short stories that I felt needed to be something more in one direction or another. My favorite stories were the ones with magical realism aspects. Some of them were so plain they were almost boring. But the writing was pretty decent.