A review by maggiezhou
But the Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I liked the bones of this book but found it too surface-level, throwing in tropes of the genre but not backing them up. I wasn’t a big fan of the narrative timeline and how it would jump all over the place. I listened to it as an audiobook which might’ve dimmed my experience.