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96
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645
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2024
315
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Thomas’s
average rating for
2024
3.3
3.3
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4.56
average
Thomas’s first review of the year
liked it
A sweet and gritty novel set in 1990’s Cabramatta, Australia centering the children of Vietnamese refugees. I liked how Vivian Pham addressed important themes related to poverty, violence, intergenerational trauma, the healing power of relationships, and different ways to show care. There were moments of tenderness as well as conflict between certain characters that felt believable and moving.
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Thomas’s last review of the year
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Prior to reading this book I read mixed reviews, with some calling it brilliant and others describing it as boring and meandering. Unfortunately I fall in the latter camp; I just felt that there were too many characters and subplots and that the prose couldn’t maintain my attention. There were some interesting themes about bigotry, prejudice, and intracommunity relationships, though these were subsumed to me by difficult-to-follow writing style a
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