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A review by krissymartini
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
3.5
This one is an interesting one for me to rate! I think it's a 3.5 leaning towards a 4, all things considered. The first half was pretty hard for me to get into, personally. I liked the idea behind the different POVs in every chapter, but I thought it could have been more deftly done. It took me longer than I wanted to settle into Ky, who should have been a more central character. I think the turning point for me was her father's chapter; from then on out, I was fully invested and really wanted to finish the journey.
I think the murder itself was a bit of a downer (I mean not the fact that someone got killed, but the truth of it + the way it was revealed). It's definitely set up to be this big reveal, but the truth is about what I was expecting, save for some details. I think the book was trying to straddle the thriller line even though those portions are the weakest part.
But there's a lot of interesting commentary on the immigrant experience in Australia (specifically from the POV of Vietnamese refugees and their children) and I'm very happy to read a book that touches on this important perspective.
I think the murder itself was a bit of a downer (I mean not the fact that someone got killed, but the truth of it + the way it was revealed). It's definitely set up to be this big reveal, but the truth is about what I was expecting, save for some details. I think the book was trying to straddle the thriller line even though those portions are the weakest part.
But there's a lot of interesting commentary on the immigrant experience in Australia (specifically from the POV of Vietnamese refugees and their children) and I'm very happy to read a book that touches on this important perspective.