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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-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
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
This book isn't perfect, but I'll still recommend it to friends. The premise is really interesting, and it was enjoyable to read, especially in the beginning. In the final few chapters, I found myself distracted by the writing in a way that I hadn't been earlier in the book - there were so many descriptions of minute details (in the US portions), and it felt like the author was hitting me over the head with the scientific debates.
I wanted to love this, but telling the same story from three perspectives got so repetitive, and the alleged magic piece didn’t really have a purpose except to make the book unnecessarily longer. There were also more similes than any one novel needs.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Great novel about an immigrant family’s journey to the US. It also explores ideas about race and wealth and what family means.
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Definitely find character developments intriguing throughout
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content
I really enjoyed the split perspectives of this novel, as a splintered family tries to find its way back together and grapples with the history that has kept them apart. Explores fortune, family, obligation, choices, and how choices dictate our future whether we want them to or not. I loved how all of their stories shone light on each other, explained decisions and consequences, and offered different perspectives on major life events. A must-read if you like multi-generational sagas, coming of age stories, discovering identity, or complicated familial relationships.