A review by elisabethreadsandreads
The End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee

2.0

Two very typical CanLit features here--landscape as a character and metaphor (Vancouver's Chinatown, in this case), and a healthy dose of despair. I wanted to like it more than I did, but there was too much misery and not enough hope for me, and I wanted more from the youngest daughter; she was more of a narrative framing device than a central character. If you're looking for Chinese-Canadian intergenerational stories, try Weyson Choy's The Jade Peony instead.