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The Sympathiser by Viet Thanh Nguyen

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parimelanie's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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eher1305's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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catebutler's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

MENG 6510 Eminent Writers: Lahiri & Nguyen Fall Semester 2023

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pich's review against another edition

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my teacher got in trouble for assigning us this book oops 

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jmcampbell57's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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regenherz's review against another edition

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dark funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0


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ciarrareads's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A tense spy novel with searing political and cultural commentary that brings light to a side of the Vietnam (or American, depending on where you are from) War that is not normally seen. The story is dense, and at times chaotic and frustrating, but there are also so many important and eye-opening criticisms and ideas to take away. Point blank, it's just so important to consume art from the point of view of people who are not a dominant power. One criticism I'll make is that men... just love to write about women in a certain way... and I'll just leave it at that lol. I understand why some of the character's had to be the way that they did, but there's a running theme with all the women, even the protagonist's mother, that just didn't really need to be there for ALL of them in my opinion.

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hopscotchreads's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

As a wasian/hapa myself, this hit close to home. I still think about my favorite quotes. Lots of important conversations here. But some of the writing is pointlessly verbose and there's a men-writing-women feel that is super annoying sometimes.

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crystaljohnsonb's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny reflective tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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naomiestaller's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

An important read for understanding the American/Vietnam war and the tension between democracy, authoritarianism, and what happens when revolutions succeed. 

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