An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge
April and the Dragon Lady
This book was very unsubtle at times, but only at the beginning. With the rest of the book to balance it out, the beginning felt more true than it did as I was reading it. There's a case of pretty blatant racism, but sometimes racism is really blatant in real life.
Unfortunately I found all the characters unlikeable. I couldn't pinpoint any of their motives, all of which seemed different from what Namioka was telling me in the story (eg I got big fetishizing vibes from Steve).
I enjoyed parts of the book, especially the bits that examine what it is to be Chinese American, but on the whole I could have done without it.
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