My Summer of Love and Misfortune
By Lindsay Wong
2.5/5
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Iris Wang is having a bit of a rough start to her summer: Her boyfriend cheated on her, she didn’t get into any colleges, and she has no idea who she is or what she wants to do with her life. She’s always felt torn about being Chinese-American, feeling neither Chinese nor American enough to claim either identity. She’s just a sad pizza combo from Domino’s, as far as she’s concerned.
In an attempt to snap her out of her funk, Iris’s parents send her away to visit family in Beijing, with the hopes that Iris would “reconnect with her culture” and “find herself.” Iris resents the condescension, but even she admits that this might be a good opportunity to hit the reset button on the apocalyptic disaster that has become her life.
With this trip, Iris expects to eat a few dumplings, meet some family, and visit a tourist hotspot or two. Instead, she gets swept up in the ridiculous, opulent world of Beijing’s wealthy elite, leading her to unexpected and extraordinary discoveries about her family, her future, and herself.
Lindsay Wong
Lindsay Wong is the author of the bestselling, award-winning memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug-Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family. She has a BFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and MFA in literary nonfiction from Columbia University, and she is now based in Vancouver, Canada. My Summer of Love and Misfortune is her first YA novel. Visit her online at LindsayMWong.WordPress.com or on Twitter @LindsayMWong.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for a review here and on my blog Samwise Reviews. This book was not for me. Not only could I not relate to the character (I didn't expect to) but I found her incredibly unlikable. I know that was part of the story line, having a selfish, vapid girl go on a trip and experience personal growth, but it was too much. I found Iris to be irritating the whole way through, always thinking about herself, and even when she tried to think about others it wasn't sincere. The other characters didn't appeal to me either, none of them felt realistic or very deep. All of her poor choices were very frustrating and it reminded me a lot of Sophie Kinsella's Shopoholic series. The only redeeming parts of the story for me were all the mentions of food. Fortunately I can use it for the "A Character That Frustrates You" part of my 2020 reading challenge.