SuitabookKoko be good
Jen Wang
- Reading
- Read together or check in afterwards about which choices seem to belong to each character, rather than assuming either has to follow someone else’s idea of a good life.
- Themes
- What does it mean to be good?: Koko decides to be good but is unsure what that means, while Jon appears to have a clearer idea. The story places different understandings of goodness alongside one another; the summary does not show which, if any, it ultimately supports.
- Choosing a direction: Jon plans to join his girlfriend’s humanitarian mission in Peru while considering what giving up a promising musical future might mean for him. The plot presents competing commitments, but does not establish whether Jon goes, gives up music or how the choice is judged.
- Worth knowing
- Koko’s projects are said to end in disaster, and Jon faces a possible major change to his musical future; the extent and emotional weight of these events are unclear.