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Ree Mellema

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27% complete! Ree Mellema has read 5 of 18 books.

reviewed Notes of a Crocodile by Miaojin Qiu (New York Review Books Classics)

Miaojin Qiu, Bonnie Huie: Notes of a Crocodile (2017) 4 stars

Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age …

Confusing, but wonderful

5 stars

While the book can be kind of confusing from time to time, it’s a wonderfully written exploration on what it means to live in a world where you don’t fit. All the characters in the book have to find what it means to love, and how to love, outside of societal standards. I would definitely recommend this to other queer people as well.

And the bits about the crocodile are also a joy to read, a bit of levity and distraction from the heavy feelings that so often occurs in the rest of the book.