Last Night at the Telegraph Club Book Reviews

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Amazing concept, solid execution, unique premise. I almost felt like the universe put this book in my eyeline as if they finally read my mind. I like to come up with stories and imagine fictional lives of Asian Americans living in this decade. Some kind of coming of age movie dedicated to showing the nuance of race, culture and queer identity. How characters have to face the diaspora of confronting separate identities, and learning to grow and mature through tumultuous environments. How they have to face the clash of familial expectations. This book has captured that kind of nuance, certainly not the degree I would have liked, but it’s so rare to find these kinds of stories, I’m willing to forgive the minor flaws. So, this will be a long, if not rambling, analysis: The characters: Lily reminds me of the kind of Chinese American character you don’t use often. Someone with genuine depth beyond being a diversity token, who grapples with being timid and reserved, having to tamper down her own desires and ambitions, to supplicate to the needs of others. Her overbearing mother, her dominating best friend and the expectations of her peers and environment. She’s smart and thinks for herself, and has ambitions beyond what most would expect of women during this time. But the defining flaw I loved about her, was her fear. She’s scared to express herself, she’s scared of the repercussions and she feels the need to stay within a bubble. Oftentimes, she reprimands herself for straying beyond “a good Chinese girl” and wanting to deviate beyond that established identity. And that characteristic in itself was so real and relatable. I’m sure, like many of us reading the book, we can identify with Lily’s inner turmoil, and have that kind of experience fully realized and detailed. Lo’s writing style is easily readable, casual and simple. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and helps us connect fully with the characters. Her parents, aunt and best friend Shirley, were all realistic as well. I did think the switch back and forth of POV was a bit jarring, and didn’t really do anything for the novel expect give us minor details for character motivations. Her mother and her relationship with Lily was very realistic. I could almost imagine the real conversation beneath the story, and if Ms. Lo drew any inspiration from her own life. The overbearing yet loving and slightly claustrophobic dynamic between mother and daughter, the inherent and subtle nuances was captured superbly. Kath, the ally turned love interest, was serviceable. I understand the novel is mostly about Lily and her side, but I thought Kath lacked some dimension. She didn’t seem to have any noticeable flaws (and I’m not sure if this was intentional or not) and came across as a hodgepodge of personality quirks rather than a real person. She’s nerdy yet laid back, passes as tomboyish, and doesn’t seem to have much else. Maybe she’s meant to be written in a romanticized light? But if anything, it just made her pale in comparison to Lily’s development. The plot was okay, although some parts felt like fat left untrimmed. The ending was pretty strong though, and I liked how “unresolved” some elements were, because it felt so much more realistic. The fact her parents still hadn’t come around (and hadn’t automatically accepted their daughter-even after a few years) was very interesting. I liked how it wasn’t perfect, and Lily and Kath were just living their lives, and trying to hold onto each other through it all. Overall, this was a really strong book. I enjoyed reading about such an unseen aspect of Chinese-American identity. There were parts of the book that truly spoke to me, and I have indefinitely highlighted lots of it. Hoping there might be a movie adaptation one day, this story could definitely work. 3.5/5

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An excellent queer coming of age story. This is a coming-of-age story set in 1950s San Francisco that intersects the experiences of a second-generation Chinese-American woman, balancing the expectations of her family and culture with a geeky love of science fiction and math, in the midst of exploring her sexuality in the lesbian nightclubs of North Beach at the side of a new friend who shares all the interests that are drawing her away from the path laid out for a "good Chinese daughter." The story is a bildungsroman rather than a romance, though there is the promise of a happy ending for all the various threads. And the protagonist's discovery of her sexuality is only one of several central themes. In particular, Lo creates a vivid picture of the Chinese community in mid-century San Francisco, in all its complexity and contradictions.

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