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emoryscott's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, and Addiction
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Gun violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Body horror
jeanbpdx's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Minor: Gun violence
mandkips's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, and Addiction
Moderate: Sexual content, Bullying, and Drug use
buntatamilis's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Suicide and Eating disorder
Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse
Minor: Sexual content
egmamaril's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Racism
Minor: Infidelity
kinomatica's review
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Colonisation, Drug use, and Child death
Moderate: Addiction, Dementia, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Grief
Minor: Gun violence
jayisreading's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Racism and Sexual content
Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Violence, and Vomit
internationalreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness
zombiezami's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Death, Child death, and Addiction
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Cursing
Minor: Dementia, Gun violence, Animal death, Racism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury
wenwanzhao's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Sathian writes about a culture familiar to me and many others. The pressure and desire to do well, to fit in and succeed in the world, is immense. If all the edge you needed to win was skimming the gold off of the success of others, would you do it? It's easy to say that I would not. Any drug will hurt more than it helps. The withdrawal effects of the gold drink seemingly never going away. Even still, the question lingers...
The writing in the novel is very satisfying to me. It doesn't try too hard to sound pretentious or smart, and doesn't fall into the trappings of trying to be too modern or relatable either. The narration Neil gives is clearly coloured by his perspective, but leaves room for greater understanding of other characters. The two time periods that the characters reside in are ones that remain distinct in my mind in different ways. Sathian doesn't explicitly drop details about 2006 or 2016, but the little things she does include bring me back to those respective times all the same.
The story detailed to us in Gold Diggers is odd and yet, of perfect sense.
Sathian has written one of the best books released this year. Gold Diggers is funny, empathetic, and harsh, like the real immigrant experience is.
Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content
Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Mental illness