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De perfecte zus by Jean Kwok

14 reviews

elyssam's review against another edition

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mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I debated giving it a .25 star rating because I was interested in what happened to Sylvie but the end was just. so bad. 
she killed herself because she was in love with her cousin who was actually her brother. They were fine with the cousins thing but she drew the line at siblings. He was still trying to be with her after they found out but she was like “no, you’re finally telling the truth you can’t lie about this” and then drove into the water??? yeah
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book_obsessed's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

it had potential. it started off good. it was not a mystery at all, it was more like a soap opera. the characters were unlikeable and whiny, and there was hardly any character development. the author didn’t reveal everything until the last few chapters, and then that’s it. it was very predicable. also i could not get over the incest. eewwwwww!
the cousins thing was weird enough, and they were already raised as siblings, so when they turned out to be actual siblings! and they didn’t even care! disgusting. could not get over it. i can’t
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_soraya_pl's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

The story was slow but the twists were shocking. Ma’s chapters were the best and explains why Pa never speaks. I wanted to like it more than I did. 
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mrspeacockwiththecandlestick's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Sylvie Lee’s life is in shambles, when she receives word that her grandmother is gravely ill, she hops onto a plane for Holland and back to the land of her childhood. 

When Sylvie never returns home, her concerned sister, Amy travels to Holland to find her sister. 

Told in interweaving timelines through the point of view of Amy, Sylvie, and their mother; this story holds big surprises.
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dominic_t's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The book was written really well, but it was a tough read. Sylvie is severely emotionally abused, and it made it hard to read the book for long stretches at a time. Sylvie's romantic feelings for
Lukas
also made me uncomfortable.
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cweeks_ng's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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lilifane's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Although this has a lot of things I like in books, something was missing for me to fully enjoy it. 

This is a story about a Chinese American woman, Sylvie, who travels to the Netherlands where part of her family lives and where she spent the first 9 years of her life. She goes there because her grandma is dying, and she wants to see her again before it's too late. But after the funeral, Sylvie disappears. Her younger sister Amy travels to the Netherlands to retrace her footsteps and find her.

The story is told from 3 different point of views (Sylvie, Amy and their mom) which I really enjoyed. You get glimpses of family dynamics, secrets but also microaggressions against Asians not only in the US but also in the Netherlands. Some themes hit a little too close to home and got me all emotional. Others were not my thing, but I get why they were there. 
The way the Netherlands were described, from an American point of view, was a little weird. Especially when you're European and live this close to the Netherlands, some observations the American characters made about life here were... kind of funny but also interesting. 

Although I think the ending was very emotional, I just didn't like this one main twists at the very end. I guessed it at some point, and it's been done so many times. I also think it was unnecessary. You could have ruined all those lives and broken all those hearts with another secret, in my opinion. 
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katherine_alexis's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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readchelsearead's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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stlkatiek's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Part mystery and part family drama, this story centers around a missing Chinese-American woman who returns to Holland (where she spent her childhood) and goes missing. The story is told in three perspectives, with flashbacks from the missing woman, present day events from her sister who went to Holland to find her, and a mix of both from her mother. It dragged in places and the ending was a bit much, but overall it was a good enough read.

Read it Because:
It had been on my TBR forever
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