Reviews

Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu

karinlib's review against another edition

3.0

This book came along when I needed a break from books on the Holocaust and African genocide.

Aunty Lee has recently lost her husband, and all of her friends and family encouraged her to continue doing what she did best, heal people with food from her Singaporean Cafe. She also had an uncanny knack for solving mysteries.

etherealtree's review against another edition

1.0

A crazy amount of LGBT hate speech and straight camp talk even if the main character 'doesn't agree' and a couple 'happy endings' in the end. Which is weird because I found this book on a LBGT theme book collection highlighted by the library. Also not a strong mystery plot.

jjohnsonblalock's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

amkozy23's review

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I did not care for the actual mystery in this book and I felt it was kind of obvious what happened. What really made this book interesting was the characters. I felt they were fun and complex enough to make the reader want to know more. Also, I found this book a quick and easy read. 

dominicangirl's review

funny mysterious fast-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

entamewitchlulu's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

hedgielib's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia

Minor: Fatphobia

readmayahread's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

soniapage's review against another edition

1.0

Might have been okay but the narrator on this audio book gave one character an extremely loud and annoying voice and I just couldn't stand more than an hour of it.

frankie7toes's review against another edition

Gave the audiobook 30 minutes, and was not invested in the story or characters at all.