Reviews with content warning for Cultural appropriation - Yolk

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yoliesbookdates's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

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brownsugar25's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

I have literally never heard of this book until this writer I follow on Instagram had this on her readying list. I purchased because the book cover looked cool and the plot seemed interesting- in the last 2 years I have read a lot of contemporary fiction and this seemed like the next book for me.

I'm an oldest of two sisters, and I felt so deeply relatable to June & Jayne because in personality wise, I'm June. But the relationship with my parents has been more like Jayne while my sister is more closer to my parents than I'll ever be. The relationship between both the sisters, and the way they became distanced from each other as they moved to NYC, and the family secrets within an Asian household is darker.

What's strange is my mother also had a miscarriage right after I was born, they were both hoping for a boy, but they got 2 daughters instead- making them shunned in the society since they don't have a son. Everything in this book was super relatable including the Eating Disorder that Jayne is going through but never accepted until the very end. The suspense coming since her roommates from College was not expected. I enjoyed this book overall & I would recommend.

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