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The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang
4.0

Thank you to the publisher (Simon & Schuster) and the author for the opportunity to read this advanced reader copy!

I am a sucker for a good family drama, so I was excited to dive in here. I loved the writing here - so bold and descriptive without being boring.

Joan was a very real character in my mind. I liked her, Lee and Jamie’s contradictions as that made them more real. I wanted them to be a closer family the whole time, but I also know that culture was a huge theme here and really shone in Joan’s parenting and how her children made decisions.

I will probably always wonder if Lee and Jamie turned out okay, and if they are happy. I think that's a sign that the characters were well developed. They certainly made a mark.