Reviews

My Father, the Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang

t0rixoxo's review

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

whatxesaid's review

medium-paced

3.75

imerika1127's review

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

ajsilver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-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

4.5

pjvana's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I thought the chapters where she’s telling the story of her father could’ve been done in a much better way. Also the abuse was startling. And that there are so many relatives & no idea about where the mom is was not very believable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

doublen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

3.0

minhjngo's review

3.0

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher of Random House Children's, and the author Jamie Jo Hoang for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. While I was left longing for Phuc to be a more developed pov character.Jane was more developed. I appreciated how Jane was growing and healing from intergenerational trauma. I liked seeing how she wanted to become a better person for herself and for her younger brother, Paul. I also liked how she wanted to understand her Dad. The book is okay and has room for improvement, but I'm curious to read the author's previous works and see what she has to write next.

stenwoman's review

adventurous dark sad fast-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

empearl1's review

emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

entropyseeker's review

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

Love finding content about SEAA people. A book that interweaves past and present through two perspectives, sometimes awkwardly written but overall it got me to cry a little in a boba shop 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape and Alcoholism