Tiffany Tsao's The Majesties
This book is kind of like if Crazy Rich Asians, instead of being fun and soapy, was something of a thriller. It’s narrated by a woman in a coma, whose beloved sister has poisoned their entire family and all their friends in a murder-suicide, and the comatose woman is the only survivor. So, as any coma patient would do, she narrates the story of her sister and herself in a straightforward literary manner. (Clearly I had some issues with suspension of disbelief.) The conclusion is super obvious, though I also felt it needed more actual foreshadowing to work. Parts of this are really moving, but on the whole it didn’t work for me. B.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in January.
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