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A review by mollieh14
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
4.0
The book follows Esme in her journey to becoming a wife- upon the request of her future groom Khai’s mother, only Khai struggles with autism and explaining how he feels, leading to many misunderstandings.
I read this book in 2 train journeys which was made so easy by how much the writing style flowed! The pacing was pretty good for the most part, i would have enjoyed for the last chapter prior to the epilogue to have resolved itself slightly earlier but it was quite minor on this books case! I enjoyed the way the struggles Khai had were portrayed, especially the difficulty with expressing love, as some people with autism express love with actions rather than words, and this was shown once he had understood the ways in which he shows love.
I struggled at times with some of the names used due to being traditional names used within Vietnamese culture and after being explained once, I had forgotten the meaning when being used again.
An all round quite nice read, I would recommend!
I read this book in 2 train journeys which was made so easy by how much the writing style flowed! The pacing was pretty good for the most part, i would have enjoyed for the last chapter prior to the epilogue to have resolved itself slightly earlier but it was quite minor on this books case! I enjoyed the way the struggles Khai had were portrayed, especially the difficulty with expressing love, as some people with autism express love with actions rather than words, and this was shown once he had understood the ways in which he shows love.
I struggled at times with some of the names used due to being traditional names used within Vietnamese culture and after being explained once, I had forgotten the meaning when being used again.
An all round quite nice read, I would recommend!