Comments on: Joan is Okay https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/02/joan-is-okay/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:09:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/02/joan-is-okay/#comment-291676 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:09:07 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16472#comment-291676 In reply to Susan.

It reminded me so much of Convenience Store Woman. The pressure in Asian society to conform is insane. And then to get here and have mediocre white men criticize her work ethic? Grrr.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/02/joan-is-okay/#comment-291675 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:08:00 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16472#comment-291675 In reply to Laila.

She felt real- competent, content with her life, but being pushed around by all these (mostly) men telling her she wasn’t okay. I appreciated her internal dialogue.

Are you safe and dry there? This weather is crazy?

]]> By: Susan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/02/joan-is-okay/#comment-291665 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:35:18 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16472#comment-291665 Yeah I felt similarly to how you reviewed this one. I just reviewed it too. I thought it was about 3.7 stars. Even though I wanted a bit more from the story & Joan … I still felt it was worthwhile… in that she had some good observations … and didn’t feel the need to conform to other expectations of her. She didn’t want to be fixed but liked her life as it was. Hmm.

]]> By: Laila https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/02/joan-is-okay/#comment-291664 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:49:34 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16472#comment-291664 I can see how this would be a respite. Sometimes it’s nice to have a protagonist who isn’t terribly angsty even in angst-provoking situations.

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