Debbie D. (debbiemd) reviewed on 12/16/2017

I really loved Ng's first book Everything I Never Told You and equally loved this book. She has a beautiful way of writing characters and detailing their imperfections, their emotions, their love and their pain. Where Everything I Never Told You was a family dynamic with high expectations on the oldest child and their other two children feeling neglected but showing the different perspectives of each family member and the reader seeing all the misperceptions and confusion created by lack of communication, this book explored suburbia including the idea of utopia, conformity and community versus being different and making different life choices, and what it means to be a parent. So beautifully written and we see right into the different character's hearts and souls.

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