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3.0
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So this book was...interesting. It's done very well when it comes to the idea of being an Asian in America and how the prior cultural norms and cause conflicts with the current times. There is also a lot of social commentary on how Asian women are treated, viewed and how they are expected to be and how that can be socially constraining.

However, my main issue was there seemed to be a lot going on and the quick chapters made the story seem faster than it was. it seems like the narrator is unreliable at times and that her views skew reality, especially with what we find out at the end. The MC ends of being very selfish and becoming a very destructive person in a short period of time. I found I grew to dislike her the longer we were stuck with her.

I can see a lot of people enjoying this but to me it felt very "I Was a Teenager Slasher" which I did not enjoy at all. This book was better, but overall it wasn't fully for me.