Reese’s Reviews > Taipei Story > Status Update
Reese
is 26% done
Anna called Lily out on her shit and how she hates looking like a foreigner.
The Taipei beauty standard: “prepubescent celestial fairy: pale porcelain skin and shiny black hair; no boobs; wan, elegant smiles; toothy grins only if your teeth were platinum-white. Sometimes a pigmented pink swipe under the eyes-just a hint of conjunctivitis. The internet informed me that this was the douyin style of eye makeup.”
— Oct 26, 2026 12:53PM
The Taipei beauty standard: “prepubescent celestial fairy: pale porcelain skin and shiny black hair; no boobs; wan, elegant smiles; toothy grins only if your teeth were platinum-white. Sometimes a pigmented pink swipe under the eyes-just a hint of conjunctivitis. The internet informed me that this was the douyin style of eye makeup.”
Like flag
Reese’s Previous Updates
Reese
is 62% done
Her mom texts then calls to tell her that her grandpa died. She reflects on the past regrets her decision not to put more effort into keeping in contact with them. “I was a shitty granddaughter who couldn’t be bothered to filled out some forms” to go visit them in China. Her mom flies to the funeral with a couple hours layover in Taiwan so they meet up
— Oct 28, 2026 04:25PM
Reese
is 45% done
He was all “I think you’re a really special person.” and she responds, “Oh! Well, thanks.” Bro just wanted to get in her pants fr. They didn’t end up doing anything and he goes super distant. Then goes back and tells everyone that she blew him in the hot spring when she didn’t even! Anna hates her, refuses to be home with her. She goes to a party and gets roasted by a guy named Andrew
— Oct 28, 2026 04:23PM
Reese
is 45% done
Anna, Lily, and JC had planned to go the hot springs in Beitou together but JC “messed up” the dates and only Lily ended up going with him. Anna was pissed! Trip was so awkward, she could tell he wanted to be sexual but she wasn’t about it. The room was disappointing and nothing like the photo. He asked her to blow him and she goes “‘but we just had ramen.’ He blinked at me. ‘Huh?’” SO FUNNY
— Oct 28, 2026 04:21PM
Reese
is 25% done
Learning lots. Chengyu’s are idioms, four character phrases that invoked a folktale or an allusion to a classic text. Kind of like a metaphor. I like chengyu’s.
“Why was health care so expensive in the US? Because wolves and jackals colluded to the disadvantage of all.”
Buddhists didn’t eat garlic, onions, or chili because pungent spices that could impede meditation and arouse passions
— Oct 26, 2026 12:48PM
“Why was health care so expensive in the US? Because wolves and jackals colluded to the disadvantage of all.”
Buddhists didn’t eat garlic, onions, or chili because pungent spices that could impede meditation and arouse passions
Reese
is 23% done
“Some boys who grew up in the United States—California she specified, thought they didn’t have to work hard at their Chinese pronunciation because they had it in their blood.”
LOL called out
— Oct 26, 2026 12:45PM
LOL called out
Reese
is 22% done
She has an impulsive thought that every Asian person she encounters is a relative/family friend because that was the case in her childhood in America. “So every time we passed an old person on the past, I felt a protective pang in my chest. And every time they returned my gaze, I smiled and waved, and I kept feeling confused when they didn’t wave back.”
I’m getting second hand embarrassment reading this book
— Oct 25, 2026 10:07AM
I’m getting second hand embarrassment reading this book
Reese
is 20% done
She started class (boring!), one of her teachers called her out on her pretentiousness and called her lazy. She likes JC it seems.
“I felt a thrill everytime I came down the stairs and saw him waiting in the lobby. I always assumed this was the day he would find other plans or decide I was not as interesting as he’d thought. He could have lunch with anyone in Taipei and still he wanted to have lunch with me.”
— Oct 23, 2026 06:30PM
“I felt a thrill everytime I came down the stairs and saw him waiting in the lobby. I always assumed this was the day he would find other plans or decide I was not as interesting as he’d thought. He could have lunch with anyone in Taipei and still he wanted to have lunch with me.”
Reese
is on page 29 of 288
Side note because this girl is so performatively annoying. Pre-rehearsing menu items to order and dissuading her friends from ordering what they wanted if she didn’t know the characters. She’s trying so hard to come off as authentic but this is so embarassing to read about PLS
— Oct 11, 2026 11:59AM