A review by librariann
The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung

4.0

I loved the nostalgic and melancholy tone of this book. Just thinking about it makes me feel young and hopeful and lonely and snubbed - Katherine as a character was so real and full in so many ways. I just wanted something more to round out the story. Maybe in the end I wanted to see her wins instead of her losses - which would maybe take away from the book's theme that to follow what you love, you must give up yourself. But, oh, I wanted to hear more about her great life than her asides. This was a book about reflecting on sacrifices and losses, but I do so wish it could have balanced itself with some joy.

Lovely, but somehow incomplete.