aidrielle 's review for:

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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[lots of thoughts i won't be able to expound] all i can say right now is i wish all asian american literature were like this (critical of the imperialist US that forcibly displaced many of them from their countries of origin in the first place) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail