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The Chosen and the Beautiful

Auteur(s): Nghi Vo
Narrateur(s): Natalie Naudus
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A Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for Oprah Magazine | USA Today | Buzzfeed | Greatist | BookPage | PopSugar | The Nerd Daily | Goodreads | Literary Hub | Ms. Magazine | Library Journal

"Gatsby the way it should have been written—dark, dazzling, fantastical."—R. F. Kuang

"Luxurious, thrilling, and sexy."—Adrienne Celt

Immigrant. Socialite. Magician.

Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.

But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.

Nghi Vo’s debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.

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I could not get into this book as much as I tried! There was no real plot, the random magic/ghost appearances throughout the book were not really explained, nor did they really add anything to the storyline.
I also didn’t connect with, or even really care about any of the main characters. There were all self-centered, selfish, boring, and I wasn’t rooting for any of them.
This was the longest novella I’ve ever read…

Slow pace, no real plot. Boring, self-centered, privileged characters.

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