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A review by bianca_1404
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
4.0
I have always wanted to read this book because of the cover, it looks beautiful. I read it as an audiobook. At first, I thought that the storyline is quite slow. It picks up when Penny met Sam for the first time. That is when things have gotten more interesting. First, I want to talk about Penny and Celeste's dynamic. As someone who is close to my mother, I personally can not relate to them. By seeing from Penny's perspective, I can tell that Celeste is not your typical mother. She dressed like teenagers and do certain things that mothers don't do. I understand how Penny is feeling regarding she has to be the adult in the relationship. But, I can tell that Celeste is also trying to make their relationship works. I think the key to any relationship is communication; same as this one. In the last chapter of the book, Celeste talks about how she would like to be a better mom to her and I see that from the dialogue of both of them. And thankfully, Penny respects that and they got closer than ever.
I relate with Penny with some type of way. She is an introvert that feels like she doesn't have any friends and someone who thinks a lot. I understand where she is coming from. She just want to meet someone who is similar to her and she sees that Sam fits her criteria. I love the dynamic between the two. They have the same refrence and jokes. They can be themselves when they are with each other. One of the part that shocks me is when Penny told Sam that she has been raped and how she felt that it was her fault. I think this is a really deep topic that is hard to bring into a conversation and the writer has written it nicely. I love it that Sam used to think that men who raped women are these big and bad men. But, actually it is not like that. I also want to talk about Jude and Malory. I think their relationship is cute. How in the end of the book, they have gotten close. There is a part in the beach where they found out that Penny is being friends with Sam. I think that is the climax of the story; which is interesting. I would've thought that the climax would be something else. What I mean by this is the peak of the story is about their friendship and not specificaly about Penny's and Sam's relationship.
There are some Korean traditions that the writer has written in the book and I quite like that. The only thing that is unfortunate is that I read it as an audio book so I could not see Penny's and Sam's text message and emails. I think this is a really good book and I gave it a 3.5-4 stars.
I relate with Penny with some type of way. She is an introvert that feels like she doesn't have any friends and someone who thinks a lot. I understand where she is coming from. She just want to meet someone who is similar to her and she sees that Sam fits her criteria. I love the dynamic between the two. They have the same refrence and jokes. They can be themselves when they are with each other. One of the part that shocks me is when Penny told Sam that she has been raped and how she felt that it was her fault. I think this is a really deep topic that is hard to bring into a conversation and the writer has written it nicely. I love it that Sam used to think that men who raped women are these big and bad men. But, actually it is not like that. I also want to talk about Jude and Malory. I think their relationship is cute. How in the end of the book, they have gotten close. There is a part in the beach where they found out that Penny is being friends with Sam. I think that is the climax of the story; which is interesting. I would've thought that the climax would be something else. What I mean by this is the peak of the story is about their friendship and not specificaly about Penny's and Sam's relationship.
There are some Korean traditions that the writer has written in the book and I quite like that. The only thing that is unfortunate is that I read it as an audio book so I could not see Penny's and Sam's text message and emails. I think this is a really good book and I gave it a 3.5-4 stars.