rainbowbacon 's review for:

Central Places by Delia Cai

3.0

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I did not love it. I *think* you are supposed to dislike the main character to some degree, but I disliked her more than I thought was intentional. Also, it wasn't subtle. Oh, was the mom overly critical? I didn't quite catch that. And I do get it was a set up to compare the mom daughter relationship later. But still. I also found the narrator gesturing toward talking like an adult even though she was talking very much like a kid. Anyway, I found it irritating but still stuck with it and found some things interesting.