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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A whimsical, not very cohesive story that I still found enjoyable to read. Looking forward to my book club so we can try to figure out the ending
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The start of the book was great and kept me wanting more, and throughout the book I was kept satisfied, but not satiated. I would recommend it for light reading but possibly not something to take too seriously, which is unfortunate because I started to love this book.
As I read more, I found myself questioning what was happening and why. The idea of each chapter focusing on a different beast was great in theory, but in my opinion poorly executed as after the third chapter I found myself hoping that the next one would be better. This will be a book I find myself returning to in the future in the original Chinese, as I’m hoping the translation didn’t do it justice, although the plot just felt very empty as it felt like a series of short stories trying to be a coherent story/novel. If it had kept solely to short stories that were linked, I feel I could’ve been left with less of a bad taste in my mouth.
As I read more, I found myself questioning what was happening and why. The idea of each chapter focusing on a different beast was great in theory, but in my opinion poorly executed as after the third chapter I found myself hoping that the next one would be better. This will be a book I find myself returning to in the future in the original Chinese, as I’m hoping the translation didn’t do it justice, although the plot just felt very empty as it felt like a series of short stories trying to be a coherent story/novel. If it had kept solely to short stories that were linked, I feel I could’ve been left with less of a bad taste in my mouth.
Loved it a lot more than I expected. I appreciated the themes on death, influence, moral dilemmas, perceptions and fate and most importantly human relationship with the supernatural or unnatural.
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The real China is the strange beasts we met along the way.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes