I had such high hopes from this book, and I have to say that i was really disappointed. 

The one thing that I did enjoy was the characters and their dynamic with one another as well as their relationship with China as diaspora. 

That being said, I feel like the writer tried to make the book too atmospheric at times and it began to sound repetitive. Every chapter seemed to start the same way the previous one, and references to BLM, spotify, and the pandemic seemed out of place, unnecessary, and sometime quite annoying.

The pacing of the book was also quite off. Nothing happened for the first quarter of the book and when something did finally start to happen, it was short-lived. I hate that I'm using this word but sometimes i found the book to be borderline boring.