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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
The first two parts of this book were phenomenal. They felt like a narrative story although it is about Min’s life. The third part lost me a little as it was repetitive and a little boring.
Red Azalea is the incredible memoir of a young girl during the final years of the Maoist regime. I can't even begin to summarize her fascinating (yet painful and haunting) story. I read this a few years ago and highly recommend it.
Fairly interesting story like many other 20th century Chinese autobiographies. I couldn't digest the staccato writing style though.
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Interesting book and good read but horrible ending unfortunately
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The first part of this book, where Anchee Min is sent to Red Fire Farm during the Cultural Revolution to fulfill Mao's ruling that each family must send a member to be a peasant is gripping. Her description of her family's life just prior to the Cultural Revolution and her adjustment to peasant life is wonderfully detailed. When she is plucked from the farm as a potential actress in an opera written by Chairman Mao's wife the writing becomes too poetic and hard to follow for me. I found myself not really caring what happened during this time. I was bored and didn't even finish reading but flipped to the last sentence, a curt, "I then left for America." Very disappointing.