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jencunn2024 's review for:
Joan Is Okay
by Weike Wang
Rounding up for a novel that would be 3.5 out of 5 stars for me. This is Wenke Wang’s sophomore novel and her writing is much more improved over her debut novel, Chemistry. Her execution was more astute and mature. I felt like I was inside the head of Joan as I was reading. This novel is another stab at a Chinese-American woman, second generation, getting her footing in her adulthood, reminiscing her childhood and upbringing, and evaluating her individual and collective relationships with her parents. Wang did a wonderful job balancing the yin and yang of family and career, love and loss, and the story of a non-white female working among white male dominated doctors and medicine. I definitely recommend reading, just note that this is a mild literary novel with light sarcasm and humor. It is not meant to be high drama and therefore is not the most exciting story, but I did enjoy this book quite a lot.