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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Fortunes of Jaded Women, by Carolyn Huynh. So far, so good! It's funny, engaging, and an easy read. The author uses a lot of Vietnamese words and phrases, but it's done in such a way that you can easily understand what she's getting at from context (I don't know a word of Vietnamese).

One of my pet peeves is authors using non-English words and phrases just for the heck of it. Non-speakers of the language should be able to infer what you're trying to say; a reader shouldn't have to break out Google Translate to figure it out. Huynh does a good job with it and the added Vietnamese makes you feel like you're really sitting in on a conversation between the characters. [/quote]

I loved this book. And hard disagree on your second point. Readers can do some work when reading. [/quote]

Fair enough. I don’t mind being challenged in my reading, and I think many authors who use this tactic do a fair to good job of weaving in other languages, including Huynh. But I don’t want to have to spend half the time on my phone looking things up; it breaks the flow and dampens the whole read for me. I DNF Katie Gutierrez’s More Than You’ll Ever Know for this reason; rather than enhancing the narrative and creating a sense of place, the Spanish was haphazard and distracting, and many goodreads reviewers concurred. [/quote]

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