I picked up this book because it has long been on my TBR (required reading as a Vietnamese American, right?) and plus, the show was coming out so now's a better time than ever. I'm really glad I waited to read it now rather than read it while I was in high school. The prose is dense but gripping. AP English Lit type shit. It gave me Invisible Man vibes right off the bat, and then I remembered what VTN named his son. I will say the war scenes made my eyes glaze over, which is the only reason I'm docking a star. The Sympathizer's style is better suited for character and reflection than for physical action, and while the war scenes were certainly necessary considering the context of the story, I was slow both to get into and finish the book because of it.