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minimicropup's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Symbolic. Familiar and foreign. Nuanced depth.
Finding it hard to summarize or hint at what these stories are without spoiling, but I’ll give it a go:
1-Is there a difference between thriving and infesting?
2-Needing dependence to be independent
3-Inspirational, powerful gifts received as knick-knacks…or is it the other way around?
4-Trading love for security
5-Wasted opportunity or freedom?
6-Mundane symptoms and their remedies
7-Seeing the world for what it is and choosing to dive in to the new
8-The subjectivity of the crazy vs attractive scale
9-A fight of misunderstandings
10-Do clothes make the person?
11-A woman ages herself
12-The architecture of life
Mood Reading Match Up:
-Mixes of no plot just vibes, observation, stream of consciousness stories
-Literary fiction slice of life, feel first think later, ambiguous/open-ended stories
-Themes of found family, arranged family, love, legacy, life cycles, displacement, loss of self, and self-discovery.
Content Heads-Up: Parental abandonment. Alcohol (partying, casual). Sexual content (consenting, self). Ableism and bullying (congenital, intellectual limitations). Sexual harassment. Chinese rep (immigration, 2nd-gen, diaspora, generational, youth/childhood).
Format: Hardcover
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Alcohol
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