Unfortunately I couldn't get into this book. I was given an earc via net galley before it came out as I was excited at the idea of a gossip girl esque retelling of Anna Karinena by Leo Tolstoy.
The earc formatting of the book made it really difficult to read, and after a couple of pages I had to put the book down.
I'm not a fan of contemporary usually, and this one fell flat for me. It was very info-dumpy in the beginning, and left me feeling really lost as to what was going on.
Perhaps I will go back to the book if I stumble upon a physical copy somewhere, but I think i would rather just read the original text it was inspired by. I do, however, really like the idea of the Asian representation that this book has, especially with not only recent events but in general. I can think of only a handful of books with Asian characters as the main characters, and so having more is always amazing.
The earc formatting of the book made it really difficult to read, and after a couple of pages I had to put the book down.
I'm not a fan of contemporary usually, and this one fell flat for me. It was very info-dumpy in the beginning, and left me feeling really lost as to what was going on.
Perhaps I will go back to the book if I stumble upon a physical copy somewhere, but I think i would rather just read the original text it was inspired by. I do, however, really like the idea of the Asian representation that this book has, especially with not only recent events but in general. I can think of only a handful of books with Asian characters as the main characters, and so having more is always amazing.