Counterfeit: A Novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge, June 7, 2022

A romp of a story with clever characters and a fun twist. I loved the ending. A quick read because you don’t want to put it down!

This book was a good time and an easy read. It has some big Ideas about feminism, the immigrant experience and the American dream, but it does not torture these themes to make a point. The characters are interesting, but could have been a bit more fleshed out. Overall, a very enjoyable read!

This book is perfect for anyone who likes a straightforward read, especially if you are a fashion lover. It’s an easy read that I finished in a day with a few cookie crumbs released throughout to prompt me to finish the book. There was not really a twist or surprise, as it purports to have, but I definitely found it interesting.

i wanted to like this book and for the most part i did considering i wasn’t able to put it down but towards the end i got super bored because it got really predictable and i didn’t really love the prose on this one. it made it difficult to follow and lacked a lot of detail that i think would have been fun to read

I'm not sure what list Counterfeit was on, but it was included in one from just one of the many newsletters I've signed up for. I was planning on putting it to the side and adding the book on Bookbub and waiting for a discount but I'm glad I didn't because the book is worth full price.Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen came out on the 7th of June and was published by William Morrow. It's barely been two months, and the book already has over sixteen thousand reviews on Goodreads, and is in the top 10 in two categories on amazon. It's 284 pages long and while normally I complain that a book should be longer or shorter, I can't with this one because it's just perfect. It's also not a debut as the author has written other novels such as Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners, both of which are on Kindle Unlimited. This book is perfect for readers who liked Bad Blood, and shows like Inventing Anna!When Ava reconnects with her old college roommate Winnie, literally not one person could have predicted the outcome; that the two of them would run a counterfeit scheme involving replicas of luxury handbags.I won't argue that the book is perfect. It absolutely isn't! But amidst all the garbage that seems to get published, it's good to come across an author who can write something interesting, while still addressing more complex topics such as how the Asian American community is viewed in the United States and how quickly the model migrant narrative can change when profits are threatened. I absolutely hated Ava's husband and his white boy obliviousness to everything. I adore Winnie and the guts she had to pull all of this off.

I was looking forward to this book as it was a RBC pick, but it wasn’t as great as I hoped.The extravagant words here and there were annoying as it didn’t bring value and were randomly placed.Several good turning points, but not enough for me to recommend.Decent book overall as it kept my interest to finish.

By the end of this book, I realized that I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I have not read a story like it. It was surely a page turner once it picked up speed. Definitely worth the read.

Ava and Winnie were roommates in college for a few months until Winnie got expelled for cheating on the SAT exam. Ava went on to Graduate Stanford, become a tax attorney and marry a brilliant surgeon. They had a son Henri who was behind on developing his speech. Ava was asked to have Henri removed from the preschool program. He cried constantly. They had a nanny Maria, Henri adored her. Ava was coerced into going into the business of selling counterfeit pocketbooks. Unfortunately her old acquaintance Winnie was into shady things. She dragged Ava into it. Ava had an unhappy marriage, she never saw her husband and she stopped work to bring up Henri until he went into preschool. Unfortunately at the age of 2 Henri wasn't ready. She was naive at first and when she realized how deep into it she was it was too late to back out. Her friend threatened to tell her husband. They were Asian and from China. The mob were there bosses, and the factories were located in China. Ava was boxed in, she had no choice but to confess to her husband and then go to the police! She got divorced and was sentenced to two years probation and a hefty fine. She promised to never do anything like this again. The judge was lenient on her! You must read the book to see if Ava lives up to her promise.

It took me a while to concentrate and get into this book, but once I did I found myself enjoying it! Also loved the twist. Worth a read.

I really loved it! Its a very easy, feel-good read for a weekend. Sometimes this is just what you need to brighten up your day. If you like fashion and specially bags, this book is just a delight!

Brillant story, awesome storytelling : perfect ; reese whitherspoon's choice was very appropriate and usefull ; i'll quickly look to both the other books by kristin chen

The book arrived infested with book lice. I threw it out and It’s been over a week and I’m still cleaning daily to get rid off them

I adored this book! I could not stop reading and finished it in a day. The characters were addictive and the plot was intriguing.