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Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

5 reviews

kodi_rae's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

4.0

Oof. Sooo many conflicting feelings. This was a tough one but also so good. It challenged my perspective in a lot of different ways and I'm still unsure how I feel about the characters and events overall.
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trupiper's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

The blurb on the front of the book says it’s a page turner. But more often than not I found myself setting the book down. Upset and in deep rumination about the events unfolding. About the emotional connection I was gaining with these characters. I felt they were becoming part of my story, too. It’s a story of motherhood—complicated, loving, and messy. It’s a story of people. It’s a story of hope. But most importantly, it’s a story of heartache and pain. A story of love.
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skudiklier's review

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my god this book was amazing. Heartbreaking, and terrible, and complicated, but so so amazing. I'd recommend it to anyone. It was devastating and beautiful and I don't have better words to describe it. 
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autumn_alwaysreadingseason's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Lucky Boy follows two women. Kavya is in her 30s, happy in her marriage to Rishi, but missing something from her life. They have been trying to get pregnant and have not succeeded yet. They weigh their options, using money on fertility treatments that ultimately end up not working. 

Solimar is a young woman who wants to leave her life in Mexico. She finally finds a way to do so, but the journey doesn't go as planned. She meets a boy during her trip and becomes infatuated with him. Unfortunately, they don't both make it to the States. When Soli arrives at her cousin's residence in Berkeley, CA she realizes she is pregnant. Working as a housekeeper for a White family gives her what she needs and has been safe so far for her and baby Ignacio, but one day everything goes wrong.

Soli is taken to a detention center and separated from her son, who ends up with Kavya and Rishi. The lives of these women intersect even though they never meet and only one of them will end up with Ignacio.

Sekaran discusses issues of privilege, immigration, motherhood, and more. 
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knkoch's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Very good, very tough. It’s a heartrending story but a worthwhile narrative examination into the immigrant experience.
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