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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
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 delivered on its premise and was mostly enjoyable. I still have some worldbuilding questions remaining, hence the rating, but I think this was a very interesting combination of themes. We've got meditations on grief and what it means to move on, some complicated romance, immigrant family troubles, and then the culinary inventions. I don't even know what the correct genre for this book would be, but it was a compelling read.
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I had no idea what I was getting into with this book because it’s pretty new with not many reviews, and it’s also the author’s debut novel as far as I know.
it ended up being FANTASTIC!!! such a unique story with a great underlying message. it’s a blend of lots of different genres so there’s something in there for everyone. at its core, its a story about how everyone tackles grief (although it’s surprisingly light/uplifting for being about grief and death) but it’s also a love letter to food, which I really enjoyed.
the first half kind of reminded me of tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin. fans of that book would like the writing style and general message of this one.
I also loved the structure of this book! the chapters were so perfectly woven together and it was very unique.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I enjoyed aspects of this book more than it's actuality. The storyline and how everything interchanged between different povs and alternate story lines that eventually wove together wasn't translated great in the audio. I think it actually started to get intriguing to me about 65% on, once a few of the dots were connected.
The continuous use of different names throughout the story was very confusing as a listener. I didn't know who people were talking about half the time and then realized it was the same exact characters people were just calling them by different names. I feel like this would have read smoother rather than listened smoother.
Some aspects of the supernatural realism were better thought out than others. This dealt with a lot of dark, sad topics in a interesting avenue. Very reflective reading.
The continuous use of different names throughout the story was very confusing as a listener. I didn't know who people were talking about half the time and then realized it was the same exact characters people were just calling them by different names. I feel like this would have read smoother rather than listened smoother.
Some aspects of the supernatural realism were better thought out than others. This dealt with a lot of dark, sad topics in a interesting avenue. Very reflective reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
sad
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:
No