Frankly in Love is David Yoon’s debut novel and it follows Frank, who is a Korean-American in his last year of high school. He does start liking a white girl, and has to fake-date his Korean-American friend Joy so his parents won’t find out, but the story has so so sooooo much more than that. The promos you are seeing around now almost only covers the fake-dating trope.
Frankly in Love covers themes like race, racism, white privilege, romance, family, (I could go on) … it discusses and explores while being witty and cute at the same time. It brings forwards questions and thoughts that I could relate to (being Asian-Norwegian myself). It also brought forward tears in my eyes, because it was also sad and heartbreaking and beautiful. I really hope this book finds the right hands, it can bring so much joy and wisdom to people. The thing I liked the least about the book was the writing, and I still enjoyed the book a lot. It is not even a love story, which in the end doesn’t drive the story but is just a part of it like everything else. I found the book to be a whirlwind of things, and it was quite a journey. 4/5 stars.
Frankly in Love covers themes like race, racism, white privilege, romance, family, (I could go on) … it discusses and explores while being witty and cute at the same time. It brings forwards questions and thoughts that I could relate to (being Asian-Norwegian myself). It also brought forward tears in my eyes, because it was also sad and heartbreaking and beautiful. I really hope this book finds the right hands, it can bring so much joy and wisdom to people. The thing I liked the least about the book was the writing, and I still enjoyed the book a lot. It is not even a love story, which in the end doesn’t drive the story but is just a part of it like everything else. I found the book to be a whirlwind of things, and it was quite a journey. 4/5 stars.