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Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao
5.0
I. Love. It
I want to put so much words how I loved it. I might fail miserably.
It told a story about Asian American community. Their teens, and parents.
Living in Southeast Asia, I can relate one or two points in this story, especially how Asian parents work, communicate, and basically expecting and ARRANGING their child's future. What worse? Without the child consent.
(+) The language was brutally honest. A truly page turner. It's like we peek into Ali (MC)'s diary. Very entertaining
(+) It mentions of racism a lot. I love how they handle it.
(+) It give sneakpeek of the past between chapters, and retelling the famous Chinese folklore 'Butterfly Lovers'. It adds the curiousity, and mysteriousness. A nice touch.
(+) I'm fine with the romance. Some people might not really enjoy it.
(+) It's highly recommended for you if you want to see how Asian's household do. How to settle things with your Asian parents, and most importantly, having guts to clear things up, and stand up for yourself. Reminding you, when you feel you dont belong anywhere, you're not alone.
The only (-) point is:
(-) The premises along the story gave me criminal vibe, and when the secret revealed it's quite an anti climax.
It's not that the conflict is not tangible. I just set my expectations way too high.
❤️
I want to put so much words how I loved it. I might fail miserably.
It told a story about Asian American community. Their teens, and parents.
Living in Southeast Asia, I can relate one or two points in this story, especially how Asian parents work, communicate, and basically expecting and ARRANGING their child's future. What worse? Without the child consent.
(+) The language was brutally honest. A truly page turner. It's like we peek into Ali (MC)'s diary. Very entertaining
(+) It mentions of racism a lot. I love how they handle it.
(+) It give sneakpeek of the past between chapters, and retelling the famous Chinese folklore 'Butterfly Lovers'. It adds the curiousity, and mysteriousness. A nice touch.
(+) I'm fine with the romance. Some people might not really enjoy it.
(+) It's highly recommended for you if you want to see how Asian's household do. How to settle things with your Asian parents, and most importantly, having guts to clear things up, and stand up for yourself. Reminding you, when you feel you dont belong anywhere, you're not alone.
The only (-) point is:
(-) The premises along the story gave me criminal vibe, and when the secret revealed it's quite an anti climax.
It's not that the conflict is not tangible. I just set my expectations way too high.
❤️