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Book Review of The Dim Sum of All Things

The Dim Sum of All Things
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Helpful Score: 1


At twenty-five, Lindsay is not the best representation of a Chinese-American career girl. She lives rent-free with Pau Pau (her grandmother) while working as a closeted meat-eater for a Vegan lifestyle magazine.

Lindsay's story reads a lot like a teen girl's blog: she complains about white boys (Hoarders) who only want to date Asian women, yet she crushes maniacally on Michael, a white guy in her workplace.

The book vascillates from interesting historical tidbits about Chinese culture and pop culture to Lindsay's cringe-worthy life in San Francisco.

I never did find out why Asians love Hello Kitty.