Empanadita
📚 Literary fiction, classics, some fantasy and non fiction 🗺️ Looking for local perspectives (and dumplings 🥟) from around the world
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I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World
Kai Cheng Thom
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I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World
Kai Cheng Thom
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The Corpse Washer (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)
Sinan Antoon
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Fishbone Cinderella
Elizabeth Lim
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9Empanadita commented on Empanadita's review of The Empress of Salt and Fortune
The prose was beautiful and I also liked the world Vo created but unfortunately the story left me with a 'so what?!'
Enjoyment Though I thought that I didn't struggle that much with not understanding what's happening, I'm not sure if I really understood what the author wants to tell me. I enjoyed the political setup though but I'm generally more into emotional stories that touch me somehow.
Quality As already mentioned above, the prose is amazing! There are some lovely quotes and I also appreciate the thought that went into setting this story up with not everything being clear from the beginning.
Characters Love the non-binary main character!!! And what a great name is Almost Brilliant for their sidekick?! The portrait of the empress worked for me but lacked a bit of depth in my opinion though.
Plot Here's where it gets a bit difficult for me. What is the actual plot? This story felt more like a preamble to a bigger story that is yet to come. I might give it a try though!
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The Corpse Washer (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)
Sinan Antoon
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When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
Nghi Vo
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Hello fellow boundlings!! You know the drill… what’s a recent complaint (no matter how big, small, silly, dramatic, serious, etc) you need to shout to the void ?!📣
369Empanadita commented on Empanadita's review of The Empress of Salt and Fortune
The prose was beautiful and I also liked the world Vo created but unfortunately the story left me with a 'so what?!'
Enjoyment Though I thought that I didn't struggle that much with not understanding what's happening, I'm not sure if I really understood what the author wants to tell me. I enjoyed the political setup though but I'm generally more into emotional stories that touch me somehow.
Quality As already mentioned above, the prose is amazing! There are some lovely quotes and I also appreciate the thought that went into setting this story up with not everything being clear from the beginning.
Characters Love the non-binary main character!!! And what a great name is Almost Brilliant for their sidekick?! The portrait of the empress worked for me but lacked a bit of depth in my opinion though.
Plot Here's where it gets a bit difficult for me. What is the actual plot? This story felt more like a preamble to a bigger story that is yet to come. I might give it a try though!
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Okay, ima give this one a shot, cause i want to move along with a badge, besides its relatively short. My dad liked it when young. What would that mean? Im about to find out! I just read the first lines and i was amused. So lets keep going.
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The prose was beautiful and I also liked the world Vo created but unfortunately the story left me with a 'so what?!'
Enjoyment Though I thought that I didn't struggle that much with not understanding what's happening, I'm not sure if I really understood what the author wants to tell me. I enjoyed the political setup though but I'm generally more into emotional stories that touch me somehow.
Quality As already mentioned above, the prose is amazing! There are some lovely quotes and I also appreciate the thought that went into setting this story up with not everything being clear from the beginning.
Characters Love the non-binary main character!!! And what a great name is Almost Brilliant for their sidekick?! The portrait of the empress worked for me but lacked a bit of depth in my opinion though.
Plot Here's where it gets a bit difficult for me. What is the actual plot? This story felt more like a preamble to a bigger story that is yet to come. I might give it a try though!
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The Empress of Salt and Fortune
Nghi Vo
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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