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I Believe in a Thing Called Love
by Maurene Goo
Interesting premise, and it seemed promising for k-drama fans to follow. I wanted to like the protagonist but found her pretty irritating while only halfway through the book. The pacing was so structured and the ending was way too predictable. ALL the characters (MC, the guy, the friends, the "enemy") were so one-dimensional and flat. Everything in this book seems to revolve around the MC and supporting her, rather than having any real lives or personalities of their own. Most of the dialogue was downright cringey. Desi's thoughts and actions were not just annoying and ridiculous, but also super creepy at times and her friends just go along with it? Okay? I felt like there was no real conflict or even meaningful story; I only forced myself to finish this so I could reach my monthly book quota.
I had been pretty excited for this book, but I felt the way Desi "reconnected" was oversimplified and threw away a lot of nuance of what it means to explore one's identity as a 2nd-gen Asian-American. Then again, she's just a high schooler, even if a fictional one, and I suppose that wasn't /really/ the focus of the story anyway.
It was a somewhat fun read, but I wouldn't recommend anyone else waste their time on this.
I had been pretty excited for this book, but I felt the way Desi "reconnected" was oversimplified and threw away a lot of nuance of what it means to explore one's identity as a 2nd-gen Asian-American. Then again, she's just a high schooler, even if a fictional one, and I suppose that wasn't /really/ the focus of the story anyway.
It was a somewhat fun read, but I wouldn't recommend anyone else waste their time on this.