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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Deeply moving, reflective, and an invitation to rethink, revalue, and acknowledge the complexities of adoption.
I think Nicole Chung expressed her lived experiences as a Korean baby adopted in a White family in the US very effectively for readers to understand and to emphasize with.
I think Nicole Chung expressed her lived experiences as a Korean baby adopted in a White family in the US very effectively for readers to understand and to emphasize with.
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I really wanted to love this book. This is not the kind of book that is entertaining, but one that will allow you some time to think about race and our adoption system while families are forced to make tough decisions. Reunions are not always what we want them to be. And race is not blind or something you can ignore. It was nice to have the author to guide your thoughts to situations and hardships you nay not have considered for others. Still recommend for a short introspective read.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I had such high hopes for this book. It is a memoir of a Korean woman who was adopted by a white couple and her pursuit to find her birth parents. I read a review of this book where someone stated that this would be better suited for an essay and not an entire novel. I have to agree. The 2nd to last chapter (there are no numbers to the chapters) was rather good. If the entire novel was written like this particular chapter, I would have loved it.
a bit too journalistic and chatty, less memoir. way too many rhetorical eye-rolling questions.
found it interesting to see the overlaps of emotions for her as an adoptee, and myself as the first generation of asian immigrants, one of whom was adopted by caucasian parents at the age of 12.
found it interesting to see the overlaps of emotions for her as an adoptee, and myself as the first generation of asian immigrants, one of whom was adopted by caucasian parents at the age of 12.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
정말 감사하시고 너무 감동이세요. As a Korean adoptee myself, I simply don’t have the words to express my love of this novel. Thank you Nicole Chung❤️