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asparklingzombie 's review for:
Yolk
by Mary H.K. Choi
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Choi is a talented, eloquent wordsmith. The first-person narrative resonates with a strong, rhythmic voice that flows seamlessly from sentence to sentence, even when fragmented, which I feel is uncommon. I can't recall a time during the read that I stumbled over structure.
The tone is kind of gritty with grey characters and sisters who maybe don't have the healthiest relationship but still care for each other on some level. I dig these kind of elements, personally.
The plot is pretty slow. Choi favors a literary style of storytelling with Yolk, so the focus is a little more on the characters than the plot, with flashbacks or other little characterization scenes interspersed between the plot points. I'm not too big on this style of novel, so I did lose patience and start skimming more than halfway through until the last 2-4 chapters. That said, this is one of the few instances where I walked away from such a novel having overall felt good about the experience.
The tone is kind of gritty with grey characters and sisters who maybe don't have the healthiest relationship but still care for each other on some level. I dig these kind of elements, personally.
The plot is pretty slow. Choi favors a literary style of storytelling with Yolk, so the focus is a little more on the characters than the plot, with flashbacks or other little characterization scenes interspersed between the plot points. I'm not too big on this style of novel, so I did lose patience and start skimming more than halfway through until the last 2-4 chapters. That said, this is one of the few instances where I walked away from such a novel having overall felt good about the experience.