A review by bookswithonno
Love and Other Moods by Crystal Z. Lee

4.0

This is one of those books that took me a bit longer to read but that I ended up appreciating a lot after I finished reading it. Mind, I still read this book in a few days but I had to read it in parts instead of being able to fly through it in one sitting and that’s totally fine because I really enjoyed the read. I absolutely loved seeing the characters grow throughout the novel and was super invested in all the storylines. Also, I loved the history and culture present in this book, although I sometimes found it hard to read about the patriarchy that is still very much present in China. While reading, I got transported to Shanghai because of all the vivid descriptions. Lastly, the writing was absolutely beautiful, which led me to mark a lot of quotes and favourite passages.

Trigger warnings: Rape, abuse, death of a parent, infidelity, infertility

Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy and thanks to Favourite Pages Book Club for letting me take part in the blog tour for this book. This did in no way affect the honesty of my review.