Zana’s Reviews > Unprecedented Times > Status Update

“...I know for certain she is flirting, for it is so unlike her to admire the taste of a man.”

Lmao wtf

“Larkin Kwang is tall and looks like the composite image of every forgettable male lead from the past year’s Netflix rom-coms. To me his looks are merely inoffensive, but I know instantly, from the way Georgia stands straighter, that she finds him attractive. Possibly out of feminism, Larkin doesn’t help us unload our bags.”

Lmao

“My parents think the world is getting better, they’ve seen it in their lifetime, and I want to believe that too. But I’m scared that once this is over, we’ll pick back up like normal, and the problems the pandemic exposed will be swept back under the rug.”

God I hate it here

“I’ve been reading up about Indian people in America, and I realized that I am part of probably the most privileged group ever, besides white people themselves... Like, we are pretty much the White People Of India because of our high caste and access to English education.”

At least she's self-aware and isn't in total denial?

“I hate this country. I hate it so bad. I don’t understand why America is the center of gravity for the entire world, luring in people like my parents. All this time I thought we were lucky to get to dream of a better life, when really what we’re getting is a crumb of a pie made of someone else’s blood.”

🙁

‘They call it the “freshman fifteen,” Mom says, pronouncing the f’s with a decisive exhalation. I’ve seen so many of these college girls come home looking like winter gourds. It’s okay, Rishi. You can still reverse it. We can do indoor exercise videos together if you manage to wake up in the mornings.’

Omg

“It’s not very interesting to talk about one’s parents, I say. I think there is a reason they are killed off in children’s books. Because how are you supposed to change your life if adults are on your ass?”

Damn girl

“I remember how, back in middle school, when I was pathetic, I’d have crushes on boys who didn’t like me back. Still, I would befriend them, give them advice for how to woo their real crushes, girls on the cheer squad, because I wanted so desperately to feel loved, even secondhand.”

Oh no

“I love Georgia, but white girls always choose each other—a fact of physics as inalterable as gravity.”

Lol damn

“Do you think we’re acting like a real couple? I say. There’s actually a literal epidemic of Indian girls dating Jewish people. My mom thinks we get along well with you guys. Like, we have similar family values, apparently.”

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