A review by thevietvegan
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan

adventurous funny lighthearted sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I got wrapped up in the romance of the story really quickly, but I started to really dislike the main character so fast.
She starts off as someone I really like and then from the particular event that changes things, she morphs into this completely different and surface level person. I was really disappointed. Obviously things resolve as any romance novel does, but I don't feel like it should have resolved because of the unbelievably shitty things she did. Maybe I'm too harsh a judge haha. It was really kind of jarring but I guess that's also a symptom of internalized racism so that kind of makes sense.
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