Edge Case: A Novel

Written by YZ Chin

Narrated by Samantha Tan

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• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Aug 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9780063030718

YZ Chin

YZ Chin is the author of Edge Case and the story collection Though I Get Home, which won the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and the Asian/Pacific American Award For Literature Honor Title. Her writing has been published in Harvard Review, Gulf Coast, Somesuch Stories, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. Born and raised in Malaysia, she now lives in New York, where she worked most recently as a software engineer.

Reviews for Edge Case

[Amy Hagberg · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Review I like to read a variety of genres from a variety of voices. This contemporary novel was disappointing. The writing was whimsical and darkly humorous, and the odd storyline did not scare me off, but the plot was clumsy and all over the place, here and there, without a semblance of organization. The characters were unengaging, and I was glad to make it to the anticlimactic ending. I wish I could get back the hours I spent reading it. 3 stars. For more reviews visit amyhagberg.com.

[jbarringer-2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Malaysian immigrant woman and her Chinese/Indian immigrant husband reach an impasse in their marriage after his father dies and he diverges from his logical norms to take up dowsing. They are both working in the computer industry, trying to get their employers to sponsor them for green-cards, but do they both still want to stay in the US after all?
topics- gaslightling, sexism in the computing field, racism targeted towards East Asian people in the US, body-shaming of non-skinny but otherwise healthy women in Malaysia.