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The Foreign Student by Susan Choi

chlslgh's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

rachser's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

mschrock8's review against another edition

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3.0

When Chang worked in the book binding shop in Chicago, he found intersting things left in books. I liked reading this. A friend recently sent me a link of a list of items to include in letters as inserts, and I find them very much the same.

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1.0

A book club pick. The book was extremely slow & hard to follow. I totally lost interest about 75 pages into it. I kept thinking of other things to do, like vacumming the floor, while I was reading it. I know I need to skip a book if I'd rather do chores than actually read. Life is too short to read books you don't like.

keliwurly's review against another edition

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Just was not for me

soaptedecarte's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5⭐️

hannah_laniado's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.0

itsmims's review against another edition

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3.0

this was a heartbreaking read

willascanlon's review against another edition

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sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Absolutely beautifully written but parts of it felt a little contrived to me. Def has some intense/triggering themes so that made it a bit of a challenging read

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museumeve's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5