Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
370 pages
Published 2021
Read from January 7 to January 9
Rating: 4 out of 5
I love the rhythm and flow of regional English. I especially love it when words from other languages are integrated into the text rather than italicized, the meaning left for the reader to infer or look up rather than explained through awkward parentheses or footnotes. So much of the dialogue in this novel pops with Manglish poetry. It's a delight to read, lingering in my internal narration long after I put the book down.
The story itself starts strong and zips along with satisfying momentum. I adore its rich texture of petty ghosts and gods hungering for closure.
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