That there’s nothing June wouldn’t do for me. I highly recommend Yolk to readers who enjoy Literary Fiction with pithy dialogue or YA with a laser focus on personal character development. Choi’s latest release is poignant and personal, absurdly honest, raw, and individual in all its pent-up fury. Many books rely on highlighting the grotesque, the absurd, the sweeping– to make a point and reach the reader to elicit empathy. It’s particularly striking if you can in any way relate to Jayne’s love/hate relationship with the dilettante lifestyle she abhors (but seems to secretly envy). All while grappling with her illness, her sister’s illness, and their shared (but divergent) pasts.Ĭhoi expertly weaves surprisingly believable dialogue with the truths and eccentricities that comprise the real (and real uncomfortable) minutiae of her characters’ everyday lives. The narrative is the backdrop, but what we’re drawn to- what we’re watching- is Jayne’s character as she undergoes subtle yet immensely transformational change. Yolk is more about the people than the plot, and in that, Choi absolutely shines.
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