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Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

Start date: July 1, 2016

Finish date: July 31, 2016

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May 22, 2016 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: america, twist, dysfunctional-family, culture, race

Uhmm, this book is a bit disappointing :( I'd expect so much more from this because the synopsis and blurb were very intriguing. Multicultural family in US in the 60s and 70s, mots of drama, thought provoking theme about family, race, culture.. And what is the most important thing: fitting in or standing out?

The mysterious background of the dead of the prodigal daughter, and the flashback to the days when the parents meet - all of them are pretty decent, but not that captivating. Also, the char ...more

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Mar 01, 2017 Sarah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction

This book was like an emotional gut punch - not exactly sad, but heartbreaking in the sense that I wanted their fates to be different - better, happier, sunnier, even though I knew that they wouldn't be.
The plot is thus: Lydia dies. This isn't a spoiler, you know this in the first sentence of the book. And really the plot around the events before and after Lydia's death aren't what is important. What is meaningful about this are the characters and their relationships to one another and society ...more

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Jun 13, 2016 Gayle rated it really liked it

Loved this book and the lesson(s) of family ties, both good and bad.

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Dec 08, 2014 Booktart rated it liked it

Shelves: contemporary-fiction

A fast-paced, heartbreaking read that incorporates themes of race and interracial marriage, women's rights, family dynamics, the pressure parental expectations can put on a child, and grief. This takes place in the 70's so its exploration of race and attitudes towards women is very interesting and more than a backdrop to the story, as societal expectations ultimately created the desperate situation that the Lee's daughter found herself in. ...more

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Oct 13, 2015 Nicole rated it did not like it

Shelves: audio-book, 2016

For some reason I had the idea that this was a suspenseful mystery/thriller, but in fact it's a character study with limited plot and VERY few thrills. What is interesting is the idea of all the different perceptions people take from the same event, and how a person's intentions can be so wildly miscommunicated. Despite that, this was a long and tedious book. ...more

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