A review by imlisaann
Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang

Did not finish book.

I had to throw in the towel on this one after two stories. I wanted to like this one--linked short stories about the immigrant experience by an Asian-American writer sounded right up my alley. I was a little wary when I realized this was going to be the first book under Lena Dunham's imprint but still gave it a go.

I shouldn't have. It's crass for the sake of being crass. I can handle gross details when they advance the plot, but here the talk of feces and vaginal exploration seemed solely to shock and be edgy and added absolutely nothing to the book (at least in the first two stories). I can see why Dunham thought it was great.

No thanks.