A review by melf
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this is so dark but soooooo well written and compelling. especially as someone who doesn’t know much about the vietnam war (thanks us education system!) this really brought to light a lot of things that i didn’t know about the war. can definitely see why it won a pulitzer but it was still written by a man and there are some grizzly scenes that i didn’t think were really necessary.  
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