#BitterSweetRead #buddyread
And we're done!
What do you think about the book? Thoughts, quotes, questions?
@Dulcinella @BeaG @AceOnRoam
Will post my 2 cents later.
AceOnRoam I really wish my hold had come through, I still stuck at 7% 😯 7y
julesG @AceOnRoam I wish I could lend you my ebook. 7y
MinDea I loved this book! 7y
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S3V3N I'm so glad you suggested a buddy read because I have had this book for a year and hadn't picked it up. I loved the character development, the storyline and the ending. @julesG do you think his wife hid letters from Keiko to Henry when he wasn't getting any letters? Do you think that was Keiko he saw when he was hugging his future wife in the street? I had to put my book down and "woo-sah" at that point. 7y
julesG @BeaG I don't think Ethel hid the letters. I think his father arranged for someone else, higher up, to hide the letters. It might have been Keiko on the sidewalk, or someone similar looking. I'm not sure. I don't think it was his imagination conjuring up her image out of thin air. Someone was there, whether it was Keiko, don't know. 7y
Dulcinella I will comment when I‘m finished:-) 7y
julesG @Dulcinella We'll keep on spoiler tagging. 7y
Dulcinella Haha 😂 sitting on my fingers now:-) 7y
julesG Okay, there is something I've wanted to say about Sheldon. He's Henry's fairy godmother, isn't he? There were two things in the story that I didn't truly understand, probably a cultural thing - Henry, hesitating to share his story with his son; Henry's father, forcing Henry to speak English, sending him to an all-white school but then wanting to send him to China for his education. 7y
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S3V3N @julesG I didn't understand wanting to send him to China. Now, being black, my dad sent me to a predominantly white school. They are known to provide a better education because back in the day other schools did not have up to date textbooks etc. I wasn't on scholarship and didn't have to work to go there. I could connect with the importance of getting an education at the white school. 7y
julesG @BeaG I could connect with sending Henry to a white school, but I did not understand the U-turn to send him to China - which was probably planned before Henry met Keiko, but them getting involved made it all the more important to H's father that H go to China. I did get that. Still, organising white school so H becomes more American and pre-planning to send him to China afterwards to make him more Chinese doesn't make sense to me. 7y
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