A review by readerette
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

adventurous funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed the Indonesian cultural education, Meddy is generally relatable as someone who wants to do right by her family and still retain independence, and the aunties are funny. It's heartwarming that they would help Meddy so much in her time of need.

However, the aunties also annoyed the hell out of me with their in-fighting (which I understand was a choice the author made to reflect her culture, but just got tiresome for me as a reader), Nathan is too perfect to be real, the dead body plot is somewhat cute but mostly just a series of dumb decisions, and Meddy's stream of consciousness narration was distracting.

Kissing and mentions of sex but no sex scenes.
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