![]() I would emigrate to a foreign country and give up dancing to unwrap blood-soaked bandages every hour of every day if it meant food and shelter for my family. I would die for my family if I needed to. ![]() One of the standouts of the novel was perhaps the representation of Asian culture and characters that it provided (most of the characters in this novel were Asian) and Ever’s complicated relationship with her parents. ![]() Although the story is very clearly set in Taiwan and places an overarching focus on that culture, something undoubtedly feels… missing. While the novel does give the reader insight into the various different sides of Taiwan (for example, when Ever ends up doing a shot that consists entirely of a freshly dead snake’s blood), I anticipated more than what I got. Just from the synopsis, readers develop the expectation that Loveboat, Taipei will explore multiple aspects of Taiwan both as a country as a whole and in the context of the Chien Tan camp after all, it’s in the name. Right off the bat, one of the central themes in the novel is Taiwanese culture. ![]()
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