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

3.0

i was super excited for this one — even more so after seeing that the director of one of my favorite films (already tomorrow in hong kong) had blurbed it. from the get go, i got some crazy rich asians but with regular people + some already tomorrow in hong kong vibes & loved how shanghai was described. as another third-culture kid, i really related to naomi's struggle, and really enjoyed reading about her struggles/journey into figuring out who she really is.

there were also some things that i just didn't love — the adoption storyline at the end didn't sit right with me. i also didn't think it was necessary to translate every single chinese phrase in the following sentence — among some other more minor things.

content warnings: racism, abuse, absent parent, death of a parent, plane crash, adoption, grief, infidelity