t0ast_and_t3a 's review for:

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

3.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A riveting tale of family through generations, about what it means to “be” a person in the world, about race and inheritance and fortune. Though I was expecting something different, I was invested in the characters and how they were connected over and through and because of time. What would have made it that much MORE for me would have been a braided structure of the parts, instead of splitting them so definitively.