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2.5 stars
"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet." Great start to a book with so much potential that ended up falling victim to its own heavy-handedness.
Lydia is the favorite daughter of Marilyn and James Lee, a mixed-race family growing up in Ohio in the 1970s. Marilyn gave up her dreams of going to medical school when she got pregnant, and her only dream in life is to have Lydia become the doctor her mother never could be. James grew up alone and friendless as the only Chinese student in ...more
"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet." Great start to a book with so much potential that ended up falling victim to its own heavy-handedness.
Lydia is the favorite daughter of Marilyn and James Lee, a mixed-race family growing up in Ohio in the 1970s. Marilyn gave up her dreams of going to medical school when she got pregnant, and her only dream in life is to have Lydia become the doctor her mother never could be. James grew up alone and friendless as the only Chinese student in ...more
This book was singularly interesting. I wasn't overly engaged with the characters or the plot, but I picked it back up every spare chance I got. It was a very compulsory read. By the same token, this book will make you think, but not about the characters or the plot, it will just put you in a very philosophical mood - or at least it did for me. It was uniquely intriguing.
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This slow moving story really didn't have any positive outcomes. If you like to read about bad things that just get worse without any true resolution then this book is for you. If characters who are completely self-absorbed and not too smart, either intellectually or emotionally, drive you crazy then skip it.
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I thought this would read more like a mystery. The writing was beautiful but it wasn’t my style. I stuck with it to challenge myself as a reader and try something new. The author did a great job exploring family relationships but ultimately this book didn’t do it for me.
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I didn’t find this story very interesting at all . The book was well written but I barely wanted to finish the book.
I didn’t find this story very interesting at all . The book was well written but I barely wanted to finish the book.
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