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JJoyce Yu
is 99% done
Easily the best book I’ve read this year. What a unique treatment of the war, history, identity. Also interesting to read that the simmering anger in the book is intentional to fill a void in literature about the war, and holding all accountable. I’m angry after reading this book. It’s really really well done. S/O Toni Morrison.
— 14 hours, 35 min ago
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JJoyce Yu
is 90% done
Holy shit it just got so dark… not like catch 22 funny dark but just dark… I think the funny parts of the book are done
— 17 hours, 44 min ago
JJoyce Yu
is 70% done
(2/2) The exploration of the Asian American (viet/jap/mixed) experience was also interesting. Overall really tugged at my heart strings, deeply sad while I’m belly laughing and chortling. Wow. Such an excellent read. Still 30 % more to go!
— Mar 28, 2026 11:36AM
JJoyce Yu
is 70% done
(1/2) had trouble getting through this many times before but this time, wow. So excellent. I thought it was satire like catch 22 but it’s really not. It’s so real. Still funny like catch 22 though, but sad. Like funny in the way that when something horrible happens, you just have to laugh at it cos if you don’t you’d cry. It’s also very engrossing and clever. Very excellent read.
— Mar 28, 2026 11:35AM
