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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Murder, Pregnancy, War
Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Medical content
Well-paced and super engaging, this was a good one to get me back on my grind
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
medium-paced
Fun easy read, explored modern day topic of racial identity and what we carry from generation to generation
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Told in 3 parts, from Nico/Nick’s, Lily’s, and May’s history, this took some surprising/supernatural curves (bending of time). I would have given this 4 stars if May’s story felt authentic. Sadly the placement of her story (last) paled after we learned about Lily and Matthew (first), and Nico’s and Tim (strongest storyline).
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
"An American expression that had always been strange to me was ‘build a life.’ My life had not been built. It wasn't a piece-by-piece assembly, following a blueprint. Nothing fit together. It wasn't a structure but a heap.
It had been our dream, Otto's and mine: to give our children the best possible futures. But it was a mis-take, believing you could choose for someone else, no matter how well intentioned you might be. And what did we choose, really? We were told what to want:
Propaganda was universal. Especially in this country, where the propaganda was that there was none-we were free. But were we? When we were made to value certain lives more than others; when we were made, relentlessly, to want more? What if I had seen through it? What if I had understood that I already had enough?"
what a beautiful and heartbreaking generational story about a chinese american family on what it truly means to be a "real" american, what it means to "achieve the american dream" as an immigrant. i loved the difficult discussions of brokenness/flaws of immigrant families, racism, sexism weaved into multiculturalism, capitalism, & science (and ofc all the ethics involved in advancements in science). hands down, one of my favorite reads this year
It had been our dream, Otto's and mine: to give our children the best possible futures. But it was a mis-take, believing you could choose for someone else, no matter how well intentioned you might be. And what did we choose, really? We were told what to want:
Propaganda was universal. Especially in this country, where the propaganda was that there was none-we were free. But were we? When we were made to value certain lives more than others; when we were made, relentlessly, to want more? What if I had seen through it? What if I had understood that I already had enough?"
what a beautiful and heartbreaking generational story about a chinese american family on what it truly means to be a "real" american, what it means to "achieve the american dream" as an immigrant. i loved the difficult discussions of brokenness/flaws of immigrant families, racism, sexism weaved into multiculturalism, capitalism, & science (and ofc all the ethics involved in advancements in science). hands down, one of my favorite reads this year