Interior Chinatown
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Interior Chinatown

by Charles Yu

2020•Comedy•288 pages

Taste attributes: comedydramafresh & originalimaginarysimpleglossyenclosedsocial commentaryfish out of water/culture clashempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeSmall-scale and fresh: a comic novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.5 / 5

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About This Book

"From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play."--

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyDramaSocial commentaryFish out of water/culture clashEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

Asian americansActorsAsian Americans in popular culture

Details

Author
Charles Yu
Published
2020
Pages
288
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