amalas_bookstop 's review for:

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

4.5

emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book had so much more than I was expecting! Meet Lilly she is just one branch of this dysfunctional Chinese American family that is full of secrets. In this book you will find commentary of what does it mean to be an American and if you could change things, would you?

This is a 600 page literary fiction, she really gives time for each family member to tell their journey and for reader to understand how their story contributes to the family whole.

This book also has a touch of magical realism (Chinese fable come to life) and a science fiction (or is it?). This ended being the perfect book to read for the holidays.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism