A review by meeshreads
Daughters of the New Year by E.M. Tran

3.0

This book is split into two parts, the first one following a Vietnamese-American family in New Orleans, their family dynamics, particularly between the mother and the three daughters, and all of their individual lives. The characters were all believable and different from each other, and I was invested in the story. The second half of the book delves more into the ancestors of this family. I liked the first half of the book, and when it switched to the second part of the book I was a little bit confused until I realized who these new people were. I felt that the first half was not resolved or finished, and that is a bit frustrating. The second half of the book was interesting in a different way, but the transition was jarring and I didn't feel as connected to these ancestors. I feel the book might have worked better as a series of interconnected short stories, in a more chronological fashion.