What would you do after waking up from a two-year coma? No more apartment. No more job. No more partner. And the only people you can rely on are the family members you ghosted for a decade.
That's the premise of I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong. I received a free e-ARC to review.
Jack Jr. wakes up from a coma after 23 months. He has no memory of what happened or how the car he was driving managed to get itself into a terrible accident. But what he does remember is that he has a fiance and he doesn't want to see his family.
His family are the ones who show up.
While getting himself in shape physically, Jack also has to mend sibling rivalry issues between him and his older brother, come to terms with losing his partner, and figure out what he really wants in life. Go back to New York? Or stay with his family and take over the family restaurant? It wasn't what Jack wanted before, but maybe it is now.
This was a really interesting novel about the choices we make and the paths those choices lead us down. I enjoyed the family dynamics - kind of kooky but very loveable. Everyone seems to grow throughout the length of this novel. This book would be a good one for a book club discussion. It might also make you hungry!
I Leave It Up to You is published by Ballantine Books. I received a free e-ARC. It is available on bookstore shelves now.
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