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A review by nuhafariha
Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han
4.0
Thank you to Riverhead Books and NetGalley for the Reader's Copy!
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In a quiet corner of Plano Texas, Annabel Cheng is sleepwalking. Her brother Jack wakes up to find his sister outside in the yard. Though she's unable to articulate why, Annabel just doesn't feel like she belongs in her all-white town and resorts to storytelling to feel powerful. But when one Thanksgiving party tale goes awry, an innocent fabrication threatens to break apart an entire community.
What I loved about this story is Han's mastery of unsettling characters. Jumping between family members' perspectives, the story never settles to a pace where the reader feels comfortable with what really happened. Maybe what happened is besides the point. Maybe it's a constellation of what could have happened with what did happen and what happened in the past that keeps haunting us. Maybe it's the reckoning of our past that keeps repeating, trapping us in an ever widening circle.
Fans of Celeste Ng and Meng Jin will definitely enjoy this book. A gripping tale.
Now available.
In a quiet corner of Plano Texas, Annabel Cheng is sleepwalking. Her brother Jack wakes up to find his sister outside in the yard. Though she's unable to articulate why, Annabel just doesn't feel like she belongs in her all-white town and resorts to storytelling to feel powerful. But when one Thanksgiving party tale goes awry, an innocent fabrication threatens to break apart an entire community.
What I loved about this story is Han's mastery of unsettling characters. Jumping between family members' perspectives, the story never settles to a pace where the reader feels comfortable with what really happened. Maybe what happened is besides the point. Maybe it's a constellation of what could have happened with what did happen and what happened in the past that keeps haunting us. Maybe it's the reckoning of our past that keeps repeating, trapping us in an ever widening circle.
Fans of Celeste Ng and Meng Jin will definitely enjoy this book. A gripping tale.