A review by bookswithmichellee
Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
3.0
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free digital copy of this book for exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.
Going into this novel, I was unsure if it was going to be a memoir or a fictional novel, as I went on, it definitely showed itself as a little bit of both. This novel covered some really important topics such as racism, immigration, and finding one's voice to stand up for themselves. I did not realize this book was released for the first time in the 1990s, they way it handled the topics and how it read, made it seem like it was published recently.
The overall plot for me was ok, nothing super special - a girl in her senior year trying to figure out what school to go to and figuring out her friends, love life, and family. It was great to see the big topics intertwined but I wish there was more to them. I wasn't the biggest fan of the writing in spots, but in others it was great.
Going into this novel, I was unsure if it was going to be a memoir or a fictional novel, as I went on, it definitely showed itself as a little bit of both. This novel covered some really important topics such as racism, immigration, and finding one's voice to stand up for themselves. I did not realize this book was released for the first time in the 1990s, they way it handled the topics and how it read, made it seem like it was published recently.
The overall plot for me was ok, nothing super special - a girl in her senior year trying to figure out what school to go to and figuring out her friends, love life, and family. It was great to see the big topics intertwined but I wish there was more to them. I wasn't the biggest fan of the writing in spots, but in others it was great.