Wished his frankness carried over to his actions :/
This is the story of a first-generation Korean-American teenager who wants to openly date the girl he loves. Unfortunately, the girl he loves isn’t Korean, and if his parents find out, he runs the risk of being disowned. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time for someone in the family to be outcasted for something like this.
As a person who immigrated from Asia as a wee child, the portrayal of an Asian immigrant family in this book struck me as brutally honest. Everything from the family-friend get-togethers to the nuanced look at racism from the Asian American community, we get to experience it all firsthand through the lens of Frank’s no-bullshit, honest narration.
So where is that same honest energy when it comes to choosing his actions? Throughout the book, we see him make poor choices that continue to riddle his relationships with needless miscommunication and deceit. And while it isn’t glorified, it bothers me that it seems to go mostly unpunished. For all the time that he spends agonizing over his relationships, the result is oddly anti-climactic.
As a person who immigrated from Asia as a wee child, the portrayal of an Asian immigrant family in this book struck me as brutally honest. Everything from the family-friend get-togethers to the nuanced look at racism from the Asian American community, we get to experience it all firsthand through the lens of Frank’s no-bullshit, honest narration.
So where is that same honest energy when it comes to choosing his actions? Throughout the book, we see him make poor choices that continue to riddle his relationships with needless miscommunication and deceit. And while it isn’t glorified, it bothers me that it seems to go mostly unpunished. For all the time that he spends agonizing over his relationships, the result is oddly anti-climactic.