Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It's probably best to read books before they win awards, or better yet, not know that a book is critically acclaimed. So I began reading with great expectations. I grew up Chinese American and I found the whole ‘generic Asian guy’ stuff both self-evident and, as it's picked up across the book, predictable and repetitive.. The mixed genre of screenplay, stream of consciousness, narrative, and stand-up quips and asides didn't gel for this reader. This may be others’ cup of tea but I didn't really pick up any new insights or flashes on being 'the Asian guy' in the room or much else. There's a half century of cool Asian-American writing on this stuff that's worth reading and I'm not sure what's added here.