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A review by bekkasbookclub
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
medium-paced
5.0
“You can fall in love with a person, watching them sleep—and I did. I loved him already. I hadn’t been careful, like I intended to be. It happened in spite of me—without my permission.” Real Americans by Rachel Khong
This book is absolutely incredible and will be one that I will keep thinking about for a long time. This book touched on so many topics (race, money, classism, genetic modification, etc.) without being overwhelming. This book takes place over multi-generations and without spoiling too much of what ends up happening with the plot, comes together very well and plays out in a way I would never have expected. This book is filled with family drama and secrets that really drive the story. At times, it can be a little bit slow, but the pay out in the end was so worth the wait. I think listening to this one on audio was very helpful because it was told with different narrators and when you had slower moments in the book where if you were reading a physical copy may have been easier to put down, it was easier to keep going. This is one that I would highly recommend if you want a complicated, generational story that comes together perfectly in the end.
This book is absolutely incredible and will be one that I will keep thinking about for a long time. This book touched on so many topics (race, money, classism, genetic modification, etc.) without being overwhelming. This book takes place over multi-generations and without spoiling too much of what ends up happening with the plot, comes together very well and plays out in a way I would never have expected. This book is filled with family drama and secrets that really drive the story. At times, it can be a little bit slow, but the pay out in the end was so worth the wait. I think listening to this one on audio was very helpful because it was told with different narrators and when you had slower moments in the book where if you were reading a physical copy may have been easier to put down, it was easier to keep going. This is one that I would highly recommend if you want a complicated, generational story that comes together perfectly in the end.