Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

Thursday, June 16, 2022--San Antonio

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee deals with topics that are not easy to read-child molestation, child depression, child suicide, consensual sex between an adult and a 17-year-old, etc.  It is difficult to read at times and heartwarming at others.  The author has woven into the story aspects of Korean folk beliefs, since a set of the characters or Korean immigrants.  He also seems to have collected lots of facts that he wanted to use in the story whether meaningful or not. (It's my impression that a number of authors fall into the trap of including extraneous information that isn't needed for the story, but let's the author show how intelligent he is.)  I enjoyed reading the parts of the book that carried the story of its main characters forward.  I gave the book a rating of 3 1/2 stars out of 5.