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A review by li3an1na4
Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hua
5.0
A fantastic book of short focusing on the immigrant and/or first gen experience, specifically most stories focus on the experience of East Asians. That's an important undercurrent in all the stories. They're stories that focus on people making poor choices and having to deal with the consequences or about to see the consequences coming. The characters in each story have unique voices and stand apart from each other - this isn't something you always see in a short story collection by the same author.
Some stories seem to have inspirations from real life, the obvious Edison Chen story and the obvious Azia Kim story come to mind. However, telling the story from their POVs is pretty interesting. I do think the Edison story went pretty easy on him, he's kind of a major asshole - more so than what was depicted.
I also have to say that unlike other short story collections, I don't think this one was front loaded or back loaded, it was consistent throughout.
4.5/5 rounds to 5.
Some stories seem to have inspirations from real life, the obvious Edison Chen story and the obvious Azia Kim story come to mind. However, telling the story from their POVs is pretty interesting. I do think the Edison story went pretty easy on him, he's kind of a major asshole - more so than what was depicted.
I also have to say that unlike other short story collections, I don't think this one was front loaded or back loaded, it was consistent throughout.
4.5/5 rounds to 5.