A review by flyingbulgarian
Family Trust by Kathy Wang

4.0

A great debut but slightly off the mark at times. I think Kathy Wang is going to be a great writer over time and I’m keenly going to await her next book. What didn’t sit so well with me were the occasional incredibly racist remarks - if you remove those I think the book immediately becomes better. I found the characters interesting and their views nuanced and varied. Even though the story is about an Asian family, the values, emotions and story is universal across races and to most extents can resonate with any family - don’t we all have exaggerating Stanleys, frugal Lindas, think-I-am-too-good-for-it Freds, I-don’t-value-myself-enough Kate’s, and of course I-never-work-hard Marys?

I do find it a bit ironic that the negative reviews tend to be predominantly from white people.