1.46k reviews for:

Joan Is Okay

Weike Wang

3.76 AVERAGE

tharumi's review

3.0

funny hopeful 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

consciouslyjenny's review

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

emilybiegel's review

4.0

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3.5 - rounded up

corisb's review

5.0

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A breath of fresh air! So quirkily fun to read!

efirer's review

3.0

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I just didn’t get it; no chapters, just one long stream of consciousness during which the reader is supposed to feel something for Joan. Parts of the story were interesting, particularly Joan’s feeling of being other, her sense of never really feeling home anywhere but at work, the beginning of Covid. I have read a lot of great reviews but this one wasn’t for me. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

ashreadsandbowls's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

dureader's review

3.5

emotional funny sad 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

entcristy's review

3.0

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3.5 stars. I couldn’t tell if Joan was supposed to have Asperger’s because everyone around her didn’t seem to notice her strange behavior. I did like the book, especially being a doctor at the beginning of a pandemic.

lbw's review

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad 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

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I think it’s about family bonds and how individuals show love. Not much happens but everything happens. In my book reviews, I keep writing that such-and-such book is “about life,” and that applies here, too.

ellenjp's review

4.0

emotional funny 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: Complicated

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I really enjoyed the first-person narration of Joan, particularly her dry humour and blunt observations. Overall I found the book’s exploration of familial relationships, the concept of home, and social expectations to be thought-provoking.