Thank you @librofm for this ALC of “Sister Snake”! This book accompanied me back to New Orleans on my drive back from West Virginia. 

“Sister Snake” follows sisters Su and Emerald navigating present day Singapore and New York City. Although, these sisters aren’t what they seem. The sisters were once snakes thousands of years before in the Tang dynasty of China. The reader follows Su and Emerald as they navigate their relationship as sisters, their relationship to humanity, and the people they love and loathe along the way. 

This book was interesting, I really liked the premise and I loved the setting of modern day Singapore. I visited Singapore when I was in elementary school for a swim meet and was absolutely enamored with this city and it has a reputation as being a “fine” city, a double entendre as they’re also notorious for their fines to keep the city clean.  

I felt like this read was very middle of the road for me! I enjoyed the storyline and the characters (loved the queer rep and the tender, but complicated relationship between Su and Emerald) but it just didn’t blow me away. There’s also some great sentiments about the complications of motherhood and grieving so I did like that the plot covered a lot of topics with a good amount of depth. 

My favorite scenes were when the sisters were snakes in China and I honestly would have been happy to read an entire book from the perspective of the snakes.