A review by darlingbudsofrae
Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao

2.0

Our Wayward Fate is a contemporary novel that tackles incredibly tough issues such as family dynamics, race, culture, and love itself. I, for one, am both excited and scared for books that holds this topics because it can either go in one of two ways: (1) absolutely amazeballs and (2) a mess of a travesty, which is why I've put this book on hold for so long. Surprisingly though, it didn't go either way for this particular book because by the time I was finished, I was stupidly happy but so so confused. I didn't think the issues were handled badly and I'm a fan of insta-love (IKR) and yes, I am the target audience of this book. This is also my first time reading from this author so I didn't really had any expectations or lack thereof for the author to exceed or break, so why didn't I like it? I thought about it for a while too, until I stopped thinking about it and it struck me that I had laughed several times at scenes I definitely shouldn't be laughing at and I was pretty much just vibing with everything. I am going to be honest with you: I honestly didn't bought the story. The writing style isn't bad but I just didn't get sucked into it, y'know? It's not like I'm expecting to like really get into these characters and cry for them (which would be amazing but that take miracles) but I thought about it for a while and I honestly don't care for them. Like they're cute and all but I'm just completely meh about all of it, which sucks because I do think this book covered a lot of important topics and I was so ready to fall in love with it.
Summary: To be completely frank- this book lacked, despite its tedious content, is depth- and if anyone knows anything about me, I'm a sucker for depth.

PS.
I like Yun though- I would def read a story about him <33