Reviews - Lunar New Year Love Story

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Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

4.43 AVERAGE

librarianpeter's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What can I say? I'm never disappointed in a Gene Luen Yang book and this was no exception. It was fantastic! It's been awhile since I flew thru a book but I really flew thru this one. A good mix of slice-of-life and a little bit of supernatural mixed in.

gabkust's review against another edition

3.0

Not my fave Gene Luen Yang. 100% young adult story with semi-predictable romance. I actually read it a second time because it felt like he was trying to get across some complicated themes like how to find love even if you come from a family where love didn't prosper and how to date...as a teenage girl...in an age of no commitments...and then random Catholic culture! And lots of Vietnamese culture! Overall I left feeling like the author had wanted to grapple with some tough ideas, but had to serve the arc of the young adult romance novel and so we ended with this as a result.

kaitlphere's review against another edition

5.0

I love the evolution of the St. Valentine character as Val grows up and her self perception changes. I love that ballet became lion dancing and I enjoyed the inclusion of multiple traditions of lion dancing

Val's family is very messy but I really appreciated the non-nuclear family representation. The whole family needs to work on their communication. I also appreciated seeing Jae's and Les's families and how every family has their own challenges.

The art was very good, especially for the dancing. I enjoyed seeing the movements that happen inside the costume. The cover and chapter title pages are stunning.

This was a really long book and I still read it in one sitting and would read more

Everyone needs a friend like Ed, bro.

mrs_bookdragon's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aikokehlani's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

novella42's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Phenomenal!!!

Content Warnings

danycatreader's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

This is one of the best romcoms I've ever read. The story is already amazing, but the motifs, art style, and how everything comes together is just... perfect. The ghosts, the symbolism, the twists... I can't wait to read this story again.