by Gloria Chao
appears in Teen, Teen & Young Adult, and Adult.
_x0093_Weepingly funny._x0094_ _x0097_The Wall Street Journal _x0093_Delightful._x0094_ _x0097_BuzzFeed _x0093_Charmed my socks off._x0094_ _x0097_David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite and Mosquitoland Four starred reviews for this incisive, laughoutloud contemporary debut about a TaiwaneseAmerican teen whose parents want her to be a doctor and marry a Taiwanese Ivy Le...
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appears in Teen, Teen & Young Adult, and Adult.
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Consider Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Recommended by 7 sources.
“Murakami's prose inhabits Toru’s quiet, inward voice, moving through campus rooms and memory with spare, melancholic detail. The most useful part is how small domestic moments and steady first-person narration make loneliness and mourning feel tactile and slow-burning. The main limitation is repetition: long stretches of interior monologue and muted melancholy can stagnate the middle, testing patience. Readers who want plot momentum or emotional variety will find the tone indulgent, while those receptive to lingering mood will be rewarded.”
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