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A review by ninetalevixen
Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong
4.0
at least 4 stars, maybe as high as 4.5 or 5 stars?
I definitely want to reread this in a print/ebook format, since it's not completely suited to an audiobook: it's kind of hard to keep track of what's going on when the dialogue alternates with what Linda tastes for each word (not the fault of author or narrator; it's an inherent issue of the format), and I honestly can't tell whether I find the philosophizing profound or tedious.
Still, I really enjoyed the rep (Vietnamese-American transracial adoptee, synthesthete), the nonlinear storytelling that created intrigue and set up reveals without feeling melodramatic, and the recurring allusions to figures of mythology/legend. And for what it's worth, it's definitely promising that I already want to read this again!
I definitely want to reread this in a print/ebook format, since it's not completely suited to an audiobook: it's kind of hard to keep track of what's going on when the dialogue alternates with what Linda tastes for each word (not the fault of author or narrator; it's an inherent issue of the format), and I honestly can't tell whether I find the philosophizing profound or tedious.
Still, I really enjoyed the rep (Vietnamese-American transracial adoptee, synthesthete), the nonlinear storytelling that created intrigue and set up reveals without feeling melodramatic, and the recurring allusions to figures of mythology/legend. And for what it's worth, it's definitely promising that I already want to read this again!