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A review by aileenli
My Summer of Love and Misfortune by Lindsay Wong
1.0
Iris is the most unbearable main character I have ever read. If I ever see the phrase "I wailed loudly" again, I will actually break down in tears. I don't know if the author knows this, but usually, in a good book, the main character actually gets character development. Shocking, right? Iris starts off spoiled, stupid, and naive. Spoiler alert: She ends that way too. How does she not know who Napoleon is??? She expects everything to just come to her because sHe dESerVeS iT for being such a nice person. Nothing she receives is appreciated and she takes everything for granted.
“I’m the most selfless person on the planet, after Gandhi and my parents.”
Honey, if you have to say that, you are definitely the opposite. God she had such a massive ego. After failing her senior year she had the audacity to believe that she was going to get valedictorian. If I could hit any fictional character ever written, I would not hesitate to strangle Iris until she passed out. In Beijing, a MANDARIN SPEAKING CITY CAUSE SHE IS IN CHINA she expects people to understand her English. She literally gets frustrated because no one in A FOREIGN COUNTRY CAN UNDERSTAND HER. DOES SHE THINK THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND HER OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS WAS THE VERY START OF MY BREAKING POINT. SHE IS SUCH A DENSE CHARACTER WHO EXPECTS EVERYTHING TO GO HER WAY AND ALL SHE DOES IS CRY IF IT DOESN'T. GET A FUCKING GRIP ON YOURSELF.
I regret reading. There was no plot in this book and I wish I never started it. The only thing I can be grateful for is the fact that I saw this in Barnes & Noble and didn't buy it. I would never ever waste my money on such trash. Thank you to public libraries. (Btw I think if I bought this book I would throw it in a fire after reading, because no one deserves to go through such pain and frustration)
“I’m the most selfless person on the planet, after Gandhi and my parents.”
Honey, if you have to say that, you are definitely the opposite. God she had such a massive ego. After failing her senior year she had the audacity to believe that she was going to get valedictorian. If I could hit any fictional character ever written, I would not hesitate to strangle Iris until she passed out. In Beijing, a MANDARIN SPEAKING CITY CAUSE SHE IS IN CHINA she expects people to understand her English. She literally gets frustrated because no one in A FOREIGN COUNTRY CAN UNDERSTAND HER. DOES SHE THINK THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND HER OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS WAS THE VERY START OF MY BREAKING POINT. SHE IS SUCH A DENSE CHARACTER WHO EXPECTS EVERYTHING TO GO HER WAY AND ALL SHE DOES IS CRY IF IT DOESN'T. GET A FUCKING GRIP ON YOURSELF.
I regret reading. There was no plot in this book and I wish I never started it. The only thing I can be grateful for is the fact that I saw this in Barnes & Noble and didn't buy it. I would never ever waste my money on such trash. Thank you to public libraries. (Btw I think if I bought this book I would throw it in a fire after reading, because no one deserves to go through such pain and frustration)