The elusive 5 star! I saw this on IG as a book that was described to be like Kuang. I enjoyed both Yellowface and Babel so I requested this from the library. Honestly it reminded me more of Ocean Vuong! The emotions were so powerful, and the characters were so well-described and shaded. Kuang is a great writer too but I'd describe her more as plot writing, and this was more character writing. 

This book was powerful. It made me cry and made me laugh. I'm so hard on and judgey of my parents and seeing a young girl parentified to her brothers gave me a lot of sympathy for the struggling parents. The author did a great job of showing the light and dark of a 'parent' wanting better for her kids, but also resenting everything she missed out to be their parent.