A review by trout_lily
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I loved Zhang's "How Much of These Hills Is Gold". So I was looking forward to this novel. It  would generally be right up my alley, but I struggled to stay connected. The urgency/ devastating global context was so flat that I couldn't feel the losses nor her experience in the 
" country" . I loved her backstory, however. This was well written. Her isolation, drift and desperation was palpable. I was with her initially, but midway through book I was super bored with her. Her final story was so shallow and felt thrown together, with the second half of her life all mashed together in a rush shiny things just tie up the story.