A review by erinkelly
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

5.0

I have so much to say about this novel - it was so original and taught me so much about Vietnam, the Vietnam war, and Vietnamese refugees. The writing was brilliant, the humor and satire were also brilliant. The comments on representation in film was so fascinating. This book has so much to teach us all. I will say it's very long and dense and took me a long time to read - so don't anticipate to fly through this one. And major TW for a graphic rape around page 300 or so.