The Sympathizer

i love viet thanh nguyen. i loved his short story compilation “the refugees”. i love reading from vietnamese diaspora. but yknow what i really hate this book because i know that he's writing in this style to convey SOMETHING but honestly it just rubs off as pretentious and annoying and i don't think i feel like finishing this...ever

the next guy that writes about how viet girls look “virginal” in their ao dai i will manifest in their home and curse their family lineage. remembered why i liked reading from women of color and not men