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cmcrockford's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
If I knew more about Chinese society, I'd probably understand more of this experimental novel, but what I do comprehend of it's melancholy, uncanny twists and turns is pretty extraordinary. Cannot recommend enough.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Violence and Physical abuse
ktrain3900's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
While in many cases, you skip the introductory material, here you want to read Eileen Myles' forward so you know what you're in for: a dreamworld. The book moves with the logic of dreams, which is to say a logic that makes little to no sense when you're awake, and to read you have to be awake. Somehow this book managed to be both intriguing and tedious, snail-paced and rushing headlong. There were times I was both so bored and lost I felt inclined to give up yet I couldn't. As the reader you're bewitched in a way. Is the book the history of the mill Uncle Hong was compiling? Is the new millennium the afterlife, and everyone is dead, in a labyrinthine, dreamlike purgatory? Like life, like love, it remains a mystery.
Content Warnings
Minor: Self harm and Death
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