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

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

4.0

This book is literary fiction + scifi (dystopia) + psychological suspense. If you like reading about flawed, messy, morally grey characters making hard choices and experiencing dream-like oddities, this is a book for you! The writing is lush and complex, and the food descriptions are mouth-watering. The protagonist is bisexual (doesn't use that, or any, self-identifying term, but they describe being with partners of various genders). It ends
on a hopeful note that I wasn't expecting
.

I read this to kick off my year of catching up on great 2023 scifi releases, as well as for Torches & Pitchforks (theme: red flag relationships). 
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