The amount of crimes I'd commit for this.

I also have a shamefully high amount of hours in umamusume, outshining the more memorable and prestigious umineko hours. It's not a common experience but it is experienced.

Also _/5 rating systems *are* kinda sloppy, but i can translate 3.75/5 to "really good, but i don't *love* it."

I would've given it a higher score if it only would've trimmed about 50~ pages at a certain point down a bit, but ultimately I still very much like it. And if you like stories about underrepresented voices in history, or interesting prose in general, I can highly recommend this.

The protagonist is great, though I would've tweaked a few things late in the book that made me uncomfortable in a way that I don't find necessary. Most supporting characters are good as well, though a few in the third act of the story were boring unnecessary, in my opinion.

The book as a very gripping examination of the immigrant experience, specifically regarding Chinese-Americans during the gold rush, though its messages aren't specific to that group and still hold true today. I enjoyed what it had to say *land*, and how people relate to it.