Lena’s Reviews > The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel > Status Update

i think it’s so silly that the scenes set in the past are present tense but the scenes set in the present are in past tense

grazina makes my heart ache 10,000 ways

kinda feeling like ocean vuong’s favorite verb in this book is “rinsed”

the contrast between ocean vuong’s writing style and sally rooney’s writing style is so funny