Nights When Nothing Happened

最近看了幾本華二代寫的書， 包括Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, Chemistry by Weike Wang 和 Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han。 給Nights When Nothing Happened 寫了個小review :-)

This is the best book I have read that portrays the new Chinese immigrants who came to this country after the 1980s. It is beautifully written, poetic almost, with believable and engaging characters. Patty is a strong woman who is intelligent and independent, who can be assertive when pursuing her goals and reserved when coping with stressful situations, who shoulders great burdens with seeming aplomb. Annabel is a gifted and impish girl with a unique aura. Whoever has a daughter like her would be half grateful and half anxious. Jack the narrator is a sensitive boy who tries to protect his little sister and to understand the adults in his life. Liang's nightmares reflect his past in China and creep into his reality in America. I like the way the author switches between lives in two different countries and stories in two different cultures. It creates a sense of connection and mutuality that explicates the context of the Chengs and the underpinning of their emotions and actions.

The narrative is sentimental yet without bitterness and self-pity, placid yet with an undercurrent of tension throughout.

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• Your writing is nice too! -Lily2005- ♀ (60 bytes) () 08/04/2021 postreply 09:55:01

• 謝謝 :-) -船歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/04/2021 postreply 15:13:28

• 非常棒,謝謝介紹 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/04/2021 postreply 13:21:55

• 謝謝 :-) -船歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/04/2021 postreply 15:14:04

• 謝謝分享和介紹！寫得好 -天山晨- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/04/2021 postreply 15:47:14

• 謝謝 :-) -船歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/06/2021 postreply 08:41:10

• Great review! -Ha65494- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/04/2021 postreply 22:33:30

• 謝謝 :-) -船歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/06/2021 postreply 08:41:36

• 謝謝分享！能承受壓力是成功的一個很重要的素質吧。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/04/2021 postreply 22:43:41

• 版主辛苦了 :-) -船歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/06/2021 postreply 08:43:00

• 船歌別總安安靜靜的，和我們一起參加cosplay活動吧：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (114 bytes) () 08/06/2021 postreply 16:25:57

• 隔幾天來看看， 經常就錯過了：-） -船歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2021 postreply 18:40:34

• 恭喜船歌。首頁進來，謝謝網管， Nights When Nothing Happened 推薦成功 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/06/2021 postreply 19:00:14

• 謝謝版主和網管：-） -船歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2021 postreply 18:41:11