A review by circularcubes
Snakes Can't Run by Ed Lin

3.0

I feel much the same towards this book as I did towards the its predecessor, This is a Bust: meh. I'm grateful to have an opportunity to read about Asian-Americans solving crimes and dealing with war trauma and navigating intergenerational and intercultural conflict, BUT despite my delight in having a book about people (somewhat) like me (written by someone who shares my last name!) I couldn't really get into the groove of this series. I strongly suspect it's the dialogue - the characters speak with exclamation marks half the time! It sounds like the book is yelling at me! Come to think of it, my grandma and mom always talk to me like they're yelling at me! Maybe it's cultural -- but I still don't like it!