Zoë S. Roy

I've finally read The Long March Home by Zoe Roy and i have a lot to process over this moving novel. Taking place over three generations of strong women, all who set out on journeys to secure independence and freedom for themselves and their future family, just in different ways. While they experience different hardships, the commanality that they share between them (aside from blood) is their strong-willed, drive for answers in some way shape or form, that keep them going.

The Long March Home is a novel of hardship, the women experience sexism and racism in Canada, while also experiencing sexism, paranoia, danger, and violence in the ever changing, cultural revolution of China. Poverty and political discrimination, loss and tragedy, each women will learn that home is what you make it.

Zoe Roy writes this brilliantly and captures the essence of everything going on in such an enrapturing way. I highly recommend not only this book, but all of her other books as well.… (mere)

(a delayed review, i thought I'd posted my review here but i hadn't!)
There are two things i would like to write about Spinster Kang by Zoë S. Roy.

The first thing is, I was first blown away by the magnificent attention to detail that the author, Ms. Roy, put into each setting and each character.

There was something so delicate yet lavish about the writing, and it immediately drew me in. I was and am in love with it. Having never read any of Roy’s other work’s, this was an excellent introduction.

The second thing about Spinster Kang was, of course, the story. It was so endearing and heartbreaking. A story of love and family, of immigration and hope. What more is there in a person’s life than wanting to put forth a life in which you can 100% say you have embraced it for you?

To me, that’s what this book was about. Becoming who you are and being comfortable about it. It wasn’t all cut and dry, the messy parts were heartbreaking and convoluted. It’s hard to really sum this book up and really appreciate everything it was for me.

The author herself can attest to how hard it was to get this review from me —between schoolwork, life, and emotionally digesting this book it truly took awhile —and I sincerely and wholeheartedly apologize, and in that same breath I wholeheartedly and sincerely thank you for the opportunity to read your book for this review!

I recommend this to everyone, no matter what genre you usually read. Give this a try, it’s something else.… (mere)

This was an absolutely, magnificent, heartbreaking, beautiful story from Zoe S. Roy.

I fell in love with Nina and became impassioned with her life, her story, her search and quest for meaning in a world that can be so unforgiving and cruel, but also so loving, warm and welcoming.

I highly, highly recommend this book if you haven’t read it already.

I am so thankful to Ms. Roy for gifting me with this book and also for the incredible kindness she has shown me in email correspondence. None of this has affected my review in any way, shape or form.… (mere)