Thanks for bearing with me as I work towards finding a review style that works for me! Review This review is shorter as a result, and I don’t feel the need to get into spoilers– it’s a relatively short book, and most of it can be talked about openly without spoiling the plot. As such, the review is formatted differently– for instance, there’s no magic system to talk about, or worldbuilding to analyze. This book could not be more different from my previous read, Mistborn. This novel is deeply thought provoking, reflective, and challenging while maintaining moments of joy, hope, humor and inspiration. "An emotional roller coaster.I recently finished reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. "Absolutely loved this book."-Andres on Amazon "Thoughtful, moving, and just hilarious."-Charles on Netgalley "*inhales sharply* *screams* This book makes me feel seen."-Sofia on Goodreads "What a clever, clever book this is!"-Regina on Goodreads
Goodreads 10 Books that 'Disrupted' the Literary Status Quo
Infinitely inventive and deeply personal, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterful novel yet. Or is it?Īfter stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he's ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but also the buried legacy of his own family. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy-the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Yet every day, he leaves his tiny room in Chinatown and enters the Golden Palace restaurant where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he's merely Generic Asian Man. A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.
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