What did you read this year?
Tim Plumadore’s
average rating for
2024
4.0
4.0
Very impactful look into intergenerational trauma and the aftershocks of war viewed through a son’s eyes. Vuong writes so beautifully that the novel flows like poetry.
Really enjoyed the system and the mysterious politically driven plots at play, and I’m excited to see where the story goes next. The whole world emphasizes (at least in this first volume) the inequality of an exploit focused system like this, one that looks eerily similar to modern day capitalist systems.
Nitpicking, I do feel that the MC is a pretty textbook Mary Sue. Generally this wasn’t a problem advancing through the plot, but it definitely ...more
Nitpicking, I do feel that the MC is a pretty textbook Mary Sue. Generally this wasn’t a problem advancing through the plot, but it definitely ...more