ebarrett3 's review for:

Gingko Season by Naomi Xu Elegant

3.0

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I received a free audio book from NetGalley. This was a solidly fine book about a Chinese American undergraduate in Philadelphia around 2016. The most interesting part of the story for me was her research at her museum job. With as much as she interacted with her friend group she seems to know barely anything about them or much of what is going on in the world. Some of that could be excused by her youth but she just didn’t seem that curious about anything outside herself. The coming election as a backdrop could have been really powerful for character building…but nothing happened. The narrator did a good job, no complaints there.