I picked up The Donut Trap, put it down and then came back to it. Initially, it was presented as a romance, and it really isn’t, so I had to recalibrate my expectations. It is an absolutely lovely, nuanced, coming of age story, and I’m so glad I read it. Jasmine Tran is a recent college graduate who has stagnated. She barely managed her degree and instead of starting a career and blazing a trail, she is living at home and working in her parents’ […]
“If the measure of success was that I was living a more comfortable, easier life than they had, then why was I simultaneously penalized for it?”
The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu
