Soy Sauce for Beginners by Kirstin Chen

Soy Sauce for Beginners

Kirstin Chen

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted medium-paced
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Gretchen Lin, adrift at the age of thirty, leaves her floundering marriage in San Francisco to move back to her childhood home in Singapore and immediately finds herself face-to-face with the twin headaches she’s avoided her entire adult life: her...

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Community Reviews Summary of 575 reviews

Moods

emotional 62%
reflective 59%
hopeful 35%
lighthearted 29%
sad 13%
informative 10%
inspiring 10%
relaxing 8%
tense 5%
funny 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 71%
slow 17%
fast 10%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 71% | A mix: 25% | Plot: 2%

Strong character development?

Yes: 69% | It's complicated: 16% | No: 11% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

No: 37% | Yes: 37% | It's complicated: 22% | N/A: 2%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 65% | No: 21% | It's complicated: 12%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 79% | It's complicated: 11% | No: 5% | N/A: 2%

Average rating

3.29

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