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Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear by Matthew Salesses
2.0

I really wanted to like this book because normally anything regarding doppelgängers is right up my alley, and I am also trying to be proactive with reading more books written by and about Asian Americans as I myself am Asian American. Unfortunately, I feel like there were 3 tones to this book. From the description, I thought I would be jumping into a mystery turned self-acceptance story (regarding the character of Matt). Instead, I got 1 part being non-white in Trump's America (even though it's not blatantly stated that Trump is the "KKK endorsed presidential candidate"), 1 part being Asian American in the modern world (filled with the very real stereotypes that Asian Americans need to work to unlearn), and 1 part doppelgänger discovery story (where the thriller/mystery type stuff lands). If the 3 aspects of the story were 3 separate books focused on those particular themes I think I would have enjoyed them a lot more.