Abraham Chang\'s novel, packed with pop culture, is wonderfully alive.
Was his uncle wrong--is she the one and only? Or are they fated for failure to make room for Young\'s final, seventh love? A Love letter to Western pop culture, Eastern traditions, and being a first-generation New Yorker, Abraham Chang\'s dazzling debut reminds us that luck only gets us so far when it comes to matters of the heart..
That means Erena is number six.
As Young and Erena\'s relationship blossoms, we get flashbacks to Young\'s first five loves.
They fall in Love and, for Young, it feels so real that he\'s thrilled and terrified.
She\'s brilliant, charismatic, quick-witted, and crassly funny.
But then, at the end of 1995, when Young is at New York University, he meets Erena.
He finds meaning in almost everything, for which his two best friends endlessly tease him. all filtered through Chinese numerology and superstition. . .
This last one sticks with Young as he is an obsessive cataloger of his life: movies watched, favorite albums . --Kevin Wilson, bestselling author of Nothing To See Here Young Wang has received plenty of wisdom from his beloved uncle: don\'t take life too seriously, get out on the road when you can, and everyone gets just seven great loves in their life--so don\'t blow it.
This is a beautifully tender and funny examination of love, of identity, of making your way in a world that is getting bigger and smaller at the same time.
Abraham Chang\'s novel, packed with pop culture, is wonderfully alive
