Book Blurb:
Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat in working-class Bedok, Genevieve is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. As the two girls grow closer, they must navigate the intensity of life in a place where the urgent insistence on achievement demands constant sacrifice. Knowing that failure is not an option, the sisters learn to depend entirely on one another as they spurn outside friendships, leisure, and any semblance of a social life in pursuit of academic perfection and passage to a better future. When a stinging betrayal violently estranges Genevieve and Arin, Genevieve must weigh the value of ambition versus familial love, home versus the outside world, and allegiance to herself versus allegiance to the people who made her who she is.
My Review: 3 stars
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei is a book about sisters who continually ping pong hurts back and forth trying to get the upper hand.
The first half of this book read incredibly slow, and I was often ready to DNF. I didn’t like either of the girls and found much of the story to be repetitive. I was most interested in Genevieve’s mom and the grandfather’s story rather than the original daughter.
I have very little to say except this one wasn’t for me but rest assured, I’m an outlier on this one, others loved it.
Quotes I liked:
Love is an action word, I thought. It can be committed, like a crime.”
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