Reviews

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

zoracious's review

fast-paced

5.0

mahela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

gracedl's review

slow-paced

3.75

a little fantastical in a way that didn’t quite work for me but objectively well done

quincy_kay_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

alyssa_max's review

5.0

Excellent reimagining of the Gold Rush/Wild West era through the lens of a Chinese immigrant family searching for a sense of identity and home. I loved the elements of Chinese mythology and magical realism throughout the book. I think there are many parallels to Tea Obreht’s recent novel “Inland,” although this is certainly a faster read.

Small trigger warning for descriptions of death and a corpse early in the novel (not a spoiler).

baileylien's review

challenging emotional 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

quinnbooks12's review

I just did not like it, it was starting to bore me 

eyas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

joelletribbiani's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

3.25

asomarriba's review

dark sad slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

1.75