It's basically more of the same, very much like The Year of the Dog, but many of the issues encountered are more sensitive. The main character, Pacy/Grace, struggles with issues of identity in ways she hadn't before. Plus, a number of passages, including stories told by Pacy's mother, even made me cry, they were so touching.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin
★★★★½
It's hard to bring myself to call a children's novel "amazing", so it's not quite 5 stars, but I do think it's even better than The Year of the Dog, which I gave 4 stars.
It's basically more of the same, very much like The Year of the Dog, but many of the issues encountered are more sensitive. The main character, Pacy/Grace, struggles with issues of identity in ways she hadn't before. Plus, a number of passages, including stories told by Pacy's mother, even made me cry, they were so touching.
It's basically more of the same, very much like The Year of the Dog, but many of the issues encountered are more sensitive. The main character, Pacy/Grace, struggles with issues of identity in ways she hadn't before. Plus, a number of passages, including stories told by Pacy's mother, even made me cry, they were so touching.
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