The Good Asian looks like a book that should be right up my alley. A crime noir story set in 1930s Chinatown following a Chinese-American cop, what's not to love?

A lot of things, apparently. The story is unnecessarily complex and often feels like endless monologues of characters explaining things, and there are so many names and events that get thrown in the middle that I constantly have to re-read pages to understand who they're even talking about.

I'm enjoying it so far, but I'm hoping volume 2 picks up and starts focusing more on the story and not feel as muddled.