A review by juliarziegler
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

4.0

At times, you want to hit every character in this book, besides maybe Hannah. And also, at times, you want to hug every character. The portrayal of relationships is what stood out to me about this book (mother/daughter, sibling, husband/wife). Ng is absurdly good at depicting familial tension, ESPECIALLY, in a mixed race family. As the child of a white mom and Asian dad, like the main character Lydia, I found myself relating to a lot of the tropes. The one thing I didn’t find so great was the dialogue. Everything about the story seemed so real until dialogue came along…and then I was pulled out of the story. Just didn’t feel very realistic.