I think this is a great novel for this moment in time and I think it would be a great novel to teach in a classroom setting. I've seen some other reviews saying they hadn't heard much about the Japanese internment camps before and they were shocked etc and I think this would be particularly engaging if it were someone's first exposure to this fucked-up history. For me I found it a little bit muddled given the many character perspectives? Just a little hard to hang my hat on any one character.

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Also OK when it was Minnow's POV obsessing about Twitchy I was like "ok this seems gay" and then after Twitchy died and his gf was like "no one understands how sad I am" and Minnow was like "no I understand because I also loved him" and everyone was like "oh ok" like.....IDK felt underdeveloped!! which I guess is what happens when you have 14 POV characters!!!

ANYWAY, I'm glad this book exists but I'm just not the target for it