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Boring Asian Female

Canwen Xu · Literary Fiction

38 Pulse Score

Based on recommendations from independent creators

coming of ageshe falls firstslow burnfish out of water
coming of agecontemporary romance
🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit

#308 All Time

About this book

“Thank you for your interest in our school, but we regret to inform you that…” You’re not special. You’re too average. You’re too boring. Elizabeth Zhang is well aware of her place in the world. She’s in the tenth percentile for likability, the seventieth percentile for attractiveness, and the ninety-ninth percentile for academics. While she’s never been the most beautiful or the most liked, she knows she has the intelligence and ambition to achieve her greatest dream: Harvard Law School. But when Harvard rejects Elizabeth for not standing out enough—which she knows means she's just another boring Asian female—her carefully constructed life falls apart. What shocks her even more is that Laura Kim, a classmate at Columbia, got in. Elizabeth can’t figure out how this could have happened. Why was Laura accepted? What makes her so interesting? At first, she follows Laura because she’s curious to see what made her stand out to Harvard. What does Laura order for lunch? Where does Laura shop?

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