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LOVED this...just enough quirky and snarky to be really funny and the narration was excellent. I liked that everything didn't get tied up with a bow, but there was enough resolution to be satisfying. (not going to say anything more because even after four years, I managed to be surprised by how things turned out...I hope others can be too!)
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How do I count the ways that I loathed this book? Let's see... 1) It was not clever or funny, as it was reported to be, except one passage about how everyone at Bee's boarding school had Mac stuff and they were offended that she had a Zune, as though she'd taken a big stinky poop and put earbuds in it (or something like that; I paraphrased). 2) There were constant insider references (complaints, really) about Seattle, which I couldn't give a rat's patootie about since I don't live there. 3) Ther
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This fun, fresh book was a delight. I loved the almost epistolary but not quite format and the almost crazy but not quite characters. Despite its lighthearted tone, the book still raised questions worth pondering about community, identity and adaptability. Read it when you're in the mood to laugh and be entertained.
A special thanks to all of my goodreads friends who rated this book 4 or 5 stars. Those ratings prompted me to buy it and read it! ...more
A special thanks to all of my goodreads friends who rated this book 4 or 5 stars. Those ratings prompted me to buy it and read it! ...more
I listened to the audiobook,and found that the dramatic intonations the narrator applied made the already-melodramatic text even more exhausting. Also, did I miss something or does nobody give a f*** that Elgin now has a BABY with another woman? Where will that fit into the family's reunion and recovery? Is Su-Lin just supposed to be like, oh well, he never loved me, so me and my baby I had with him will just scuttle away and out of the picture?? I forgave this book a lot of silliness in the nam
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Quick and quirky.
I thought this would be a silly, light read and it kind of was. But the mother-daughter relationship made it more complex.
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Robin
marked it as to-read
