Soy Sauce for Beginners by Kirstin Chen

Soy Sauce for Beginners

Kirstin Chen

262 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Description

Gretchen Lin, adrift at the age of thirty, leaves her floundering marriage in San Francisco to move back to her childhood home in Singapore and immediately finds herself face-to-face with the twin headaches she's avoided her entire adult life: her...

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Community Reviews Summary of 459 reviews

Moods

emotional 62%
reflective 55%
lighthearted 31%
hopeful 27%
informative 13%
inspiring 10%
sad 10%
relaxing 6%
mysterious 3%
tense 3%

Pace

medium 80%
slow 12%
fast 6%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 71% | A mix: 25% | Plot: 3%

Strong character development?

Yes: 68% | It's complicated: 13% | No: 13% | N/A: 3%

Loveable characters?

No: 36% | Yes: 36% | It's complicated: 23% | N/A: 3%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 60% | No: 24% | It's complicated: 16%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 7% | N/A: 3%

Average rating

3.26

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