Tuesday, February 28, 2017

ABC Second reading

I have just finished the Second half of American Born Chinese and was pleasantly surprised with the ending. In the second half of the book we get to see the combination of all three stories in the book, The Monkey King, Danny's story and Jin's. I was not expecting the three to combine in such a dramatic way. I would have never guessed Wei-Chen to have been the Monkey Kings son, and for Danny to actually be Jin. I just assumed that the three stories were related but not in the same universe. I really liked the reveal of the connection between the three. However, it felt very rushed to me and I would have liked a bit more foreshadowing to the ending. Overall I still liked the reading and the message of the book of staying true to yourself and that there is no point in hiding your identity. I also felt that although we get a sense of closure with Jin's story and his friendship with Wei-Chen there are still a lot of unresolved issues. For example the mission of Wei-Chen and the relationship between Jin and Amelia. Are we just supposed to be okay with Greg's treatment of Jin and the Jin - Suzy relationship. Also, I assumed that Danny's story was all in Jin's imagination and combining the three at the end leads to some confusion. Not to say that this wasn't the right decision to combine the three, but the execution could have been better. What are your thoughts on the ending? Did you like the combination of the stories at the end?
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2 comments:

  1. I was definitely surprised with the end and how they twisted it around like that. I thought it was just going to result in A "life lesson" type of ending.

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  2. I was definitely surprised with the end and how they twisted it around like that. I thought it was just going to result in A "life lesson" type of ending.

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