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A review by entropyseeker
A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
2.75
I loved seeing the representation of two sapphic SEA, specifically Vietnamese, characters. There was a sweet and light touch to topics that normally feel so heavy, like war, death, and immigration.
The YA voice was very present and I consistently felt like there wasn't enough fleshing out of the characters or their big scenes/character building moments. It all moved too fast and all the conflict felt resolved too easily. It was also a little weird and uncomfortable howViVi projected her desires onto an internet stranger as a reader of Lan's blog, and was rewarded for it.
Overall, I don't think the emotional beats were impactful for me because of the pacing and telling of the story
The YA voice was very present and I consistently felt like there wasn't enough fleshing out of the characters or their big scenes/character building moments. It all moved too fast and all the conflict felt resolved too easily. It was also a little weird and uncomfortable how
Overall, I don't think the emotional beats were impactful for me because of the pacing and telling of the story
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War