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286 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780593542101
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publication date: 19 March 2024
Description
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th...
Community Reviews Summary of 101 reviews
Moods
dark 54%
challenging 52%
emotional 52%
mysterious 30%
sad 28%
adventurous 24%
tense 24%
hopeful 18%
inspiring 15%
funny 5%
informative 3%
Pace
slow 22%
fast 2%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 62% | A mix: 37%Strong character development?
Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 34% | No: 6%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 19%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 95% | No: 2% | It's complicated: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 46% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 23%Average rating
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Graphic
Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalizationMinor
Sexual content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia286 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780593542101
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publication date: 19 March 2024
Description
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th...
Community Reviews Summary of 101 reviews
Moods
dark 54%
challenging 52%
emotional 52%
mysterious 30%
sad 28%
adventurous 24%
tense 24%
hopeful 18%
inspiring 15%
funny 5%
informative 3%
Pace
slow 22%
fast 2%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 62% | A mix: 37%Strong character development?
Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 34% | No: 6%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 19%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 95% | No: 2% | It's complicated: 2%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 46% | It's complicated: 30% | No: 23%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalizationMinor
Sexual content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia