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is 30% done
Wow I am really not enjoying this as much as I thought I would. 3 hours into the audiobook and my overwhelming impression is that this book lacks nuance. The writing feels really heavy-handed and as if it is trying to beat the main themes into me (eg. the pride and shame of trying to re-learn your mother tongue as an adult, the disconnect from vs affinity with your family's home country when you were raised overseas)
— Nov 08, 2026 11:47PM
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Vaids
is 31% done
I actually need to keep going - the dialogue is so pretentious! Feels like Kuang is trying to show off her vocabulary, which kind of makes sense re the protagonist but it extends past external dialogue into her own narration/thoughts: eg. "When we reached the location indicated on our navigation app...". Why the constant over-explanation instead of "When we arrived". It's constant and pretty irritating. I'm sad :(
— Nov 08, 2026 11:50PM