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Monkey Hunting: A Novel
In this deeply stirring novel, acclaimed author Cristina García follows one extraordinary family through four generations, from China to Cuba to America. Wonderfully evocative of time and place, rendered in the lyrical prose that is García’s hallmark, Monkey Hunting is an emotionally resonant tale of immigration, assimilation, and the prevailing integrity of self.
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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Cristina García
118 books366 followersAfter working for Time Magazine as a researcher, reporter, and Miami bureau chief, García turned to writing fiction. Her first novel, Dreaming in Cuban (1992), received critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has since published her novels The Agüero Sisters (1997) and Monkey Hunting (2003), and has edited books of Cuban and other Latin American literature. Her fourth novel, A Handbook to Luck, was released in hardcover in 2007 and came out in paperback in April 2008.
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March 11, 2024
read for a class. this novel's politics definitely need to be interpreted based on the context that garcía left cuba when she was two years old and her family was among the first wave of people to flee cuba when castro came to power. it's very Interesting how she represents the chinese and cuban revolutions with the knowledge that she's lived in america for her entire life lol
I like this as an interpersonal/intergenerational novel about cultural and geographical transmission but I wouldn't exactly call it insightful with regard to politics/ideology
I like this as an interpersonal/intergenerational novel about cultural and geographical transmission but I wouldn't exactly call it insightful with regard to politics/ideology
July 10, 2008
I loved this book! The basis of the book--following five generations of a Chinese/Cuban family from the 1800s to present day--is original and fascinating. It is through this core story line that Garcia explores the concept of identity.
What may seem like a scattered book with rough transitions completely comes together under this theme of identity. First of all, Chen Pan goes to Cuba with a lust for riches and beautiful women because he is ashamed of his poor farming up bringing and hoping for something better. When he gets there, he is alone, and forced into indentured servitude. He does work his way up as a respectful business man and marries a slave he learns to love, but only after much loneliness and hardship. The love was not instantaneous, however, and Chen Pan had to coax Lucrecia into loving him. This unnatural arrangement--rich business man marrying a slave and a Chinese man marrying a Cuban woman--yields identity conflicts with other generations.
As the Garcia's characters struggle with their identity, they attempt to assimilate to an unnatural environment to find happiness or fill their void. Chen Fang, for example, dresses as a man in order to pursue her education in China. Since she disguises herself from an early age to go to school, she identifies better as a man than a woman. However, there is that constant struggle for her to understand her place in the world.
Domingo, the great-grandson to Chen Pan, also struggles with identity--a Chinese-Cuban living in America fighting in the Vietnam War. He has no real connection to either Cuba or China and has become a lost and disregarded soldier to the only place he knows.
These people are all connected through blood, but also through their lack of identity. They seek to better their lives by running away from their past or their true identity, but they only loose themselves in the process.
If you thought this book was too scattered, I'd recommend rereading it with the theme of identity in mind, because as has been noted, it is a quick read. But in this short novel, Garcia says a lot about identity, assimilation, and the paradox of the two.
What may seem like a scattered book with rough transitions completely comes together under this theme of identity. First of all, Chen Pan goes to Cuba with a lust for riches and beautiful women because he is ashamed of his poor farming up bringing and hoping for something better. When he gets there, he is alone, and forced into indentured servitude. He does work his way up as a respectful business man and marries a slave he learns to love, but only after much loneliness and hardship. The love was not instantaneous, however, and Chen Pan had to coax Lucrecia into loving him. This unnatural arrangement--rich business man marrying a slave and a Chinese man marrying a Cuban woman--yields identity conflicts with other generations.
As the Garcia's characters struggle with their identity, they attempt to assimilate to an unnatural environment to find happiness or fill their void. Chen Fang, for example, dresses as a man in order to pursue her education in China. Since she disguises herself from an early age to go to school, she identifies better as a man than a woman. However, there is that constant struggle for her to understand her place in the world.
Domingo, the great-grandson to Chen Pan, also struggles with identity--a Chinese-Cuban living in America fighting in the Vietnam War. He has no real connection to either Cuba or China and has become a lost and disregarded soldier to the only place he knows.
These people are all connected through blood, but also through their lack of identity. They seek to better their lives by running away from their past or their true identity, but they only loose themselves in the process.
If you thought this book was too scattered, I'd recommend rereading it with the theme of identity in mind, because as has been noted, it is a quick read. But in this short novel, Garcia says a lot about identity, assimilation, and the paradox of the two.
February 18, 2016
4.5 stars!
August 2, 2014
This book is a sleeper! it will suck you in and suck your philosophy dry. Cuban Chinese or Chinese Cuban. The last chapter for a mature adult slowly winding one's way off the planet is well worth the price of admission. "...the key to a good life was desiring no more than you could use." I am sad that it took me so long to find this book.
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Slavery & indentured servitude
Slavery & indentured servitude
May 24, 2016
The novel Monkey Hunting by Cristina García was published on April 15, 2003. The setting of the novel is mostly on Cuba, China and New York and it was in the mid 1800s. The main characters of the book are Chen Pan, Lucrecia, Chen Fan, Domingo and Chen Pan’s mother. Chen Pan was a big dreamer, he dreamed to be a rich guy and to have a big farm in China where he could make money to support his family. He decided to immigrate to Cuba, where he hoped to get a good job. He was traveled to Cuba through ocean, he wasn't the only one, there were a group of people who were in the ship to. A couple days passed and things were getting bad, everyone was hungry and thirsty, and everyone was fighting on the ship. Chen Pan tried to not complain and to be as calm as he could be. It took for them about two months to get from China to Cuba. When he got there he thought he was going to get a fair job but it was all the opposite. Chen Pan was a slave in a farm with other people from other places of the world including Africa. After some weeks of working as a slave, he decided to scape from where he was working because he was tired of being a slave. He never went back to the farm where he was working and he started to own a small business in the Havana. Chen Pan met a woman Lucrecia and he married her because he wanted to have a family. They had a kid and they named him Chen Fan, it was difficult for them to live in different places because they were discriminated for their race. Domingo tried to follow his family’s example so he decided to go to New York to live and he was discriminated there as well. From New York he decided to move to Vietnam because he wanted to change his family’s legacy. One thing that I liked about the book was how Chen Pan tried to change his family’s legacy by going to Cuba and trying to work so hard. Another thing I liked about the book was how Domingo tried follow the example of his family members so he could accomplish what he wanted and change the legacy of the family too. One thing I didn’t like about the history was how the Cubans treated their slaves even if they were doing their chores well. I recommend this book to the people who is interested in how other people immigrate to other countries seeking for better life.
May 25, 2011
Once in awhile I try to learn something new so I picked up this audiobook from my library because it sounded interesting and was based on something I knew nothing about, the migration of Chinese to Cuba in the 1900’s.
It starts out with the story of Chen Pan who decides to leave his family and his wife to make a better life for them all. The book then goes on to describe how he and his fellow passengers were misled and now destined for a future as slaves working on a sugarcane plantation. Strangely, as the story revealed misery upon misery I found myself a bit detached. This guy isn’t terribly likable even if his story is intriguing. Apparently, because he never really loved his wife it is okay when he pays for sex and then decides never returns to the unloved wife or those who raised him and who may be worried. Though he suffers at the hands of the slave holders he doesn’t seem to feel any guilt or remorse at his lack of morals for the things he does. This bugged me and it was hard to empathize with him since he was the catalyst for his own fate. He ends up succeeding through persistence and hard work and buys himself a slave of his own to love. I am swooning with the romance of it all. This book so far is missing the mark because I feel annoyed instead of emotionally involved.
The book then jumps forward rather abruptly to another relation living in New York and I’m left a little confused. I don’t know if I’ll finish this book if I continue to remain disconnected from the characters.
Later: After reading several reviews I realize others had a similar experience and that the book does indeed continue in this way, skimming over the emotional impact of the events, so I’m going to chuck it and start something else. Life's too short to struggle with books that aren't for me.
It starts out with the story of Chen Pan who decides to leave his family and his wife to make a better life for them all. The book then goes on to describe how he and his fellow passengers were misled and now destined for a future as slaves working on a sugarcane plantation. Strangely, as the story revealed misery upon misery I found myself a bit detached. This guy isn’t terribly likable even if his story is intriguing. Apparently, because he never really loved his wife it is okay when he pays for sex and then decides never returns to the unloved wife or those who raised him and who may be worried. Though he suffers at the hands of the slave holders he doesn’t seem to feel any guilt or remorse at his lack of morals for the things he does. This bugged me and it was hard to empathize with him since he was the catalyst for his own fate. He ends up succeeding through persistence and hard work and buys himself a slave of his own to love. I am swooning with the romance of it all. This book so far is missing the mark because I feel annoyed instead of emotionally involved.
The book then jumps forward rather abruptly to another relation living in New York and I’m left a little confused. I don’t know if I’ll finish this book if I continue to remain disconnected from the characters.
Later: After reading several reviews I realize others had a similar experience and that the book does indeed continue in this way, skimming over the emotional impact of the events, so I’m going to chuck it and start something else. Life's too short to struggle with books that aren't for me.
April 2, 2010
I bought this book two years ago because I thought it would tell me about Cuba, a country which, for me, is shrouded in mystery.
I did learn a bit of Cuba's history, but from the side of the Chinese immigrants who were enslaved in the sugar cane fields in the 19th century. Chen Pan was in his early 20s when he was paid 5 pesos to go to Cuba to work for 8 years. He expected to return to China a wealthy man, but instead was enslaved. Sometime later he escapes from the cane fields and for a year makes his way through the jungle to Havana. Once there he works menial jobs, saving his money, until he can purchase a shop and begin an antiques business. Later he buys a negro slave woman, Lucrezia, and her son to work in the shop. Chen Pan treats her with kindness and she eventually falls in love with him. Through their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren the story of the family unfolds, traveling from Cuba, back to China, to New York, Saigon, Shanghai, and back to Cuba again. All the characters were interesting, but none more so than Chen Pan, who assimilates and feels more Cuban than Chinese.
I did learn a bit of Cuba's history, but from the side of the Chinese immigrants who were enslaved in the sugar cane fields in the 19th century. Chen Pan was in his early 20s when he was paid 5 pesos to go to Cuba to work for 8 years. He expected to return to China a wealthy man, but instead was enslaved. Sometime later he escapes from the cane fields and for a year makes his way through the jungle to Havana. Once there he works menial jobs, saving his money, until he can purchase a shop and begin an antiques business. Later he buys a negro slave woman, Lucrezia, and her son to work in the shop. Chen Pan treats her with kindness and she eventually falls in love with him. Through their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren the story of the family unfolds, traveling from Cuba, back to China, to New York, Saigon, Shanghai, and back to Cuba again. All the characters were interesting, but none more so than Chen Pan, who assimilates and feels more Cuban than Chinese.
October 14, 2010
I really like how the chapters flip to different characters. It kept me interested and kept the book from becoming boring. I actually was able to meet Cristina Garcia -- she came in to visit my Caribbean Literature class and we discussed the book. I'm really glad I got that opportunity.
My favorite part was learning about the Chinese community in Cuba -- something I had no idea about. Aside from that, the characters were beautiful, and so was the plot.
It was funny, sad, clever, and insightful. A good book!
My favorite part was learning about the Chinese community in Cuba -- something I had no idea about. Aside from that, the characters were beautiful, and so was the plot.
It was funny, sad, clever, and insightful. A good book!
August 31, 2022
I unfortunately found García's writing to be very contradictory.
To keep this brief, essentially she would claim her characters had one belief, but then in the events of the book, it would be proved to be the exact opposite. And this wasn't done in what seemed to be a purposeful way that indicated character growth, no, not at all. It was in a "this sounds really pretty so I'll put this sentence here without actually caring if it fits or not."
Some examples:
García states that "[Chen Pan had] carried both books and a hoe in his youth. He preferred the books." She extrapolates by saying how he loved and was content with city life in comparison with the other Chinese escaped and freed slaves in Havana. Then, in later chapters, we see that he is not content, and constantly feels stifled by the calm city life. Chen Pan frequently relishes in the memories of his year living in the woods, and later runs off on a complete whim to
This next contradiction was extra frustrating to me, as it happened on the same page! García writes that Domingo "hates the theatricality of dying here," and goes into a brutal and, of course, theatrical description of the horrors of war, explainign why Domingo is upset at the idea. And yet a couple paragraphs later, we are hit with "Domingo didn’t understand this hunger to grow old, this clinging to life as though anyone owned it outright. Besides, who would want to live so long when you could die dancing or go up in flames?" Domingo wanting to go up in flames is as about as theatrical as you can get. Wasn't he just hating that idea half a page ago? Both passages are beautiful and are valid points, but it reads to me as if García couldn't decide which view she wanted her characters to hold, or that she was just too lazy to draw up character developement for the belief to truly go from one to the other.
And these sorts of controdictions continue all throughout the book. Monkey Hunting is full of these lovely little sentiments and morals, but I found very little in the book to back them up, so, they all just stayed as meaningless jumbles of words.
There were parts I did like though -- García's descriptive style was raw, blunt in the best way. A description that stuck with me was "He liked how his name was embroidered on his shirt in red script, clean and raised as a fresh scrape." Monkey Hunting'sdiscussions of multi-culturality were strong and thought provoking, and the racism and xenophobia the characters experienced were assiduous eye openers and reminders.
Those questions of what it meant to be multicultural, questions of language, and place, and identity, was certainly where the novel shone through.
--Domingo, learning english, "Languages you acquired, Domingo decided, didn't have the same memory-packed punch as the mother tongue. But did you have to dissolve one language to accommodate another?"
--Chen Fang looking for her place in societal roles, "So where, I ask, is my place? I am neither woman nor man but a stone, a tree struck by lightning long ago. Everything that has followed since counts for nothing."
--and Chen Pan and Lorenzo wondering where they could call home: "His son had returned to Havana a stranger after being a foreigner abroad. Now where could he call home? Lorenzo’s skin, Chen Pan supposed, was a home of sorts, with its accommodations to three continents."
But many things, alongside the contradictions, still went unanswered, unexplained, and ignored, and my enjoyment of the novel was sadly hindered due to this. There were a lot of points that I wish had been more consequential, details that were brought up that I thought were going to big to someones character, but then were dropped and ignored. These included:
All things that could've meant more but were forgotten about.
To finish off here, as I failed at the brevity I'd originally promised, was the titular metaphor was entirely lost on me. The Monkey King story was brought up twice, and but like all other tossed around metaphors in this book, I failed to gather what I was supposed to take away from it. I found myself more taken with a throughline of circus related symbols in the book, from contortionists to dogs with clown collars, I began to piece together a metaphor there instead. The many players, the many acts, the chaos of the circus, the chaos and unexpectedness of life.
To keep this brief, essentially she would claim her characters had one belief, but then in the events of the book, it would be proved to be the exact opposite. And this wasn't done in what seemed to be a purposeful way that indicated character growth, no, not at all. It was in a "this sounds really pretty so I'll put this sentence here without actually caring if it fits or not."
Some examples:
García states that "[Chen Pan had] carried both books and a hoe in his youth. He preferred the books." She extrapolates by saying how he loved and was content with city life in comparison with the other Chinese escaped and freed slaves in Havana. Then, in later chapters, we see that he is not content, and constantly feels stifled by the calm city life. Chen Pan frequently relishes in the memories of his year living in the woods, and later runs off on a complete whim to
This next contradiction was extra frustrating to me, as it happened on the same page! García writes that Domingo "hates the theatricality of dying here," and goes into a brutal and, of course, theatrical description of the horrors of war, explainign why Domingo is upset at the idea. And yet a couple paragraphs later, we are hit with "Domingo didn’t understand this hunger to grow old, this clinging to life as though anyone owned it outright. Besides, who would want to live so long when you could die dancing or go up in flames?" Domingo wanting to go up in flames is as about as theatrical as you can get. Wasn't he just hating that idea half a page ago? Both passages are beautiful and are valid points, but it reads to me as if García couldn't decide which view she wanted her characters to hold, or that she was just too lazy to draw up character developement for the belief to truly go from one to the other.
And these sorts of controdictions continue all throughout the book. Monkey Hunting is full of these lovely little sentiments and morals, but I found very little in the book to back them up, so, they all just stayed as meaningless jumbles of words.
There were parts I did like though -- García's descriptive style was raw, blunt in the best way. A description that stuck with me was "He liked how his name was embroidered on his shirt in red script, clean and raised as a fresh scrape." Monkey Hunting'sdiscussions of multi-culturality were strong and thought provoking, and the racism and xenophobia the characters experienced were assiduous eye openers and reminders.
Those questions of what it meant to be multicultural, questions of language, and place, and identity, was certainly where the novel shone through.
--Domingo, learning english, "Languages you acquired, Domingo decided, didn't have the same memory-packed punch as the mother tongue. But did you have to dissolve one language to accommodate another?"
--Chen Fang looking for her place in societal roles, "So where, I ask, is my place? I am neither woman nor man but a stone, a tree struck by lightning long ago. Everything that has followed since counts for nothing."
--and Chen Pan and Lorenzo wondering where they could call home: "His son had returned to Havana a stranger after being a foreigner abroad. Now where could he call home? Lorenzo’s skin, Chen Pan supposed, was a home of sorts, with its accommodations to three continents."
But many things, alongside the contradictions, still went unanswered, unexplained, and ignored, and my enjoyment of the novel was sadly hindered due to this. There were a lot of points that I wish had been more consequential, details that were brought up that I thought were going to big to someones character, but then were dropped and ignored. These included:
All things that could've meant more but were forgotten about.
To finish off here, as I failed at the brevity I'd originally promised, was the titular metaphor was entirely lost on me. The Monkey King story was brought up twice, and but like all other tossed around metaphors in this book, I failed to gather what I was supposed to take away from it. I found myself more taken with a throughline of circus related symbols in the book, from contortionists to dogs with clown collars, I began to piece together a metaphor there instead. The many players, the many acts, the chaos of the circus, the chaos and unexpectedness of life.
April 7, 2023
This is a tough one to review - I learned a lot and I really liked certain passages and characters, but overall I'm not entirely sure I'm glad I read it?
B̷R̷I̷N̷G̷ ✨ 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 ✨ B̷Y̷P̷A̷S̷S̷
To me this read like historical fiction though a literary fiction lens, and that might be some of my problem (I tend to like strong character driven literary fiction less than that mixed with a plot). Following the descendants of Chen Pan through their lives following his arrival in Cuba as a slavehand in the 1800s was absolutely informative, as there was a lot that I did not know about many aspects of what Cristina Garcia shared in the novel.
I heavily preferred Chen Pan's storyline over all the others - I loved when we would go back to his life, and that of his life with Lucrecia. The other storylines did not grab me as much and felt a bit more forced.
There were also a lot of details that, while they painted a very strong picture, felt unnecessarily graphic (i.e. the different violent ways a prostitute in Vietnam was violated by the men she had interacted with). I know these things have happened, but I (personally) didn't like the graphic nature of the way they were described.
If you're looking for a historical fiction book about times that are not often covered, this one could be a good choice for you - especially if you're looking for strong characterization with less of a driving plot.
Content Warnings:
B̷R̷I̷N̷G̷ ✨ 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 ✨ B̷Y̷P̷A̷S̷S̷
To me this read like historical fiction though a literary fiction lens, and that might be some of my problem (I tend to like strong character driven literary fiction less than that mixed with a plot). Following the descendants of Chen Pan through their lives following his arrival in Cuba as a slavehand in the 1800s was absolutely informative, as there was a lot that I did not know about many aspects of what Cristina Garcia shared in the novel.
I heavily preferred Chen Pan's storyline over all the others - I loved when we would go back to his life, and that of his life with Lucrecia. The other storylines did not grab me as much and felt a bit more forced.
There were also a lot of details that, while they painted a very strong picture, felt unnecessarily graphic (i.e. the different violent ways a prostitute in Vietnam was violated by the men she had interacted with). I know these things have happened, but I (personally) didn't like the graphic nature of the way they were described.
If you're looking for a historical fiction book about times that are not often covered, this one could be a good choice for you - especially if you're looking for strong characterization with less of a driving plot.
Content Warnings:
February 11, 2025
The bright spot of this novel is Chen Fang. If there were more chapters dedicated to her and her relationship with her identity, this could have been a more fulfilling novel. Instead, the characters who are given a majority of the plot to (Chen Pan and Domingo) are both interesting in their own ways, but they didn't capture my heart the way that Chen Fang did. With Chen Pan, his own issues with identifying his cultural identity is compelling and does leave something to chew on, but the novel never really explores his inner thoughts as much as I think it should. I think There's not a lot of interesting things that happen with Domingo, but I do not care that he likes feet.
2/7
2/7
July 1, 2024
the change in time period and point of view every chapter can easily throw you off. at first i thought i was only reading trauma porn. there were good moments, and i did have lines i quite enjoyed, but i feel like the meaning gets a bit lost.
also it’s pride month and the only gay family member had literally one good moment in her life. riddle me that.
anyway, all that to say, the writing was good, i’m not saying it wasn’t. i just wish it was a bit more chronological so that the purpose (which i’m not entirely sure of) could come across more clearly.
also it’s pride month and the only gay family member had literally one good moment in her life. riddle me that.
anyway, all that to say, the writing was good, i’m not saying it wasn’t. i just wish it was a bit more chronological so that the purpose (which i’m not entirely sure of) could come across more clearly.
April 2, 2025
damn my class has me READING!! But this book was actually good imo. It taught me a lot about a history that I didn’t know of and was super culturally relevant to my culture. It’s cool to see a story about Chinese people in Cuba. Many heartbreaking moments that had me in tears, but generally I’m a fan of this style of book that goes by generation. I wish I wasn’t so rushed reading it for class but still holds up. 4 stars<3
July 23, 2022
I appreciated the history as it was unknown to me about Chinese in Cuba. This book has many different story lines about different family members over 5? Generations. However, I kept expecting a big reveal, some amazing connection to all the family members and it just kinda languishes and then ends. That’s it. Quick easy read, but I don’t feel there was an overall connection.
March 29, 2024
This is a great book that told the story of four generations of Chinese Cubans. I read for class and it was one of the best I’ve read this semester. Justice for Chen Fang, she deserved so much better. It touched on topics such as compound identities and family traveling through flesh and heirlooms. Also just great to read if you don’t know much on the Chinese community in Cuba.
September 12, 2024
Excellent and lyrical story spanning three generations of a Chinese emigrant family from China to Cuba to the United States spanning from 1850 to 1970 as the novel spotlights three characters (one from each generation) some who succeed against nearly impossible odds as they wrestle with love and despair. Very well written casting light into a society I never knew existed.
February 4, 2025
6.5/10: I enjoyed this book quite a bit even though it was for a class. I found the politics to be a bit contradictory and wish we saw more action between Domingo and his mother I thought that would be interesting. I think the highlight of the book was definitely Pan Chen and his life, and the rest of the book was alright it feels a bit outdated but it was overall a decent read.
September 21, 2019
Reading translated books opens up new realities in cultures unfamiliar.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book even though the title held me back from reading it for a couple of years.
I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book even though the title held me back from reading it for a couple of years.
I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.
May 21, 2020
A bit ambitious in it's span of history and places, I didn't get invested in any of the characters and the characters I would have been interested in the most were side notes with unsatisfying open ends.
April 8, 2022
Not all of the POV characters were equally compelling. Chen Pan and Chen Feng were the most interesting. The author had some really innovative ways to explain and describe things that I haven’t heard before.
March 6, 2024
My first thought after finishing this was “damn, that was a good book.” This entire story made me miss my family and my hometown. The emphasis on love and familial relationships was profound to say the least
April 7, 2024
I'd give it a 3.5. Subject matter was interesting -- Chinese presence in Cuba -- but I wasn't crazy about the jumping back and forth in time and among people. I had to keep going back to the family tree to see how characters were related.
April 14, 2020
Colorful, kinda sexy, non-chrono structure, multi-generation family narrative, lots of interesting interplay of different cultural dynamics
June 29, 2020
amazing story about an immigrants journey from China through Cuba to the United States. Illuminating about the sacrifices and struggles of ancestors in achieving ones dreams
March 22, 2021
Wished there was more from Chen Fang's perspective!!
January 27, 2023
this was beautiful.
April 24, 2023
This book reminded me of Joyluck Club. Very gruesome and very real.
January 12, 2024
3.5. It mostly held my interest, with beautiful passages and sympathetic characters.
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April 14, 2024Same as the other book; had to read for class... and didn't. This one was odd tho.
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