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Hindi ko ineexpect na burial pala iyon sa Saigon 😭 like everyone's so happy tas may mga drag queens pa. It's so good to read this part where he goes back to his homeland. Idk, pero homey yung vibes.

Kakalungkot naman neighborhood niya. And weird nung dad ni Trevor!

His grandma protecting him 💔💔

"Your bruises are inside it (egg) now. Swallow and it won't hurt anymore.”

His mom is insane bro

Good writing. Nakakaiyak lang yung story abt his life in Vietnam and his mother being abusive 🥲
"We were clinging to a mother the size of a raft until the mother beneath us grew stiff with sleep. And we soon fell silent as the raft took us all down this great brown river called America, finally happy.”

Love the magical realism here

I love Eunbyul's story :') "friends whom she could be her rawest. ruest self, sharing her deepest pain and struggles." glad na nakamit niya yung wants niya!!

Ang cute ng mga illustrations 😍💖

Part 2. Her aunt is giving me the heejeebies....

I love uncle Satoru!! The best Takako supporter ever! Gusto ko rin sumailalim sa transformation na nangyari sa kanya 😇 why did she have to leave :----((

"Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.” "I just wish he wasn't there." 💔💔💔💔

"I pictured her holding a cigarette for me to smoke while I was bleeding and all." This kid can't be fr 💀💀💀

Confused pa rin ako kung ano talaga trabaho ni D.B. and why's no one a responsible adult in the club hello????

Tawang-tawa ako when he mentioned he experienced 2 fights and lost in both 😭😭😭

Naiintindihan ko si Marie. I too would escape reality by going inside a passageway. Mala-narnia pala ito. And pakielamero talaga so Sean boooo.

Idk why she cheated on him but

“Petru. Petru.” 💔💔

“I just feel like this life we have isn't good enough for you. Or I'm not. I'm clearly not what you want.”

Lmao why did it take me 2 reread to figure out that the narrator was addressing the entire narrative to her ex 🥲 I've never been this lost when reading huhu my brain isn't braining

I don't like how Bonnie lied to her.

How is Adam not in jail yet

Anong nangyayari.... 😍😍😍

"She thought back to the look in Seungwoo's eyes when he'd confessed his feelings to her." "Perhaps Jimi was right. She already knew the answer; she knew her heart.”

Aside from this, I genuinely loved Jimi's story – the stories of her aunts and their frustration, and the reason why she decided to divorce her husband.

“I'll be rooting for you.” Love how there's a romance developing at the near end of the book 💖

Romance as subplots >>>

“How we viewed work”

One of my favorite chapters. I love the discussion that took place with the book club members; it was very insightful, and I've learned a lot about burnt out and working, specifically the concept of downshifters. Towards the end, I felt like I saw myself in Minjun when he started to seek answers in books. Might check out David Frayne's book too.