A review by suprconman99
The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke

Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.

I was excited about the premise of this book — a biting political critique of authoritarian China disguised as a nightmarish fable. It is that, but unfortunately the execution is incredibly tedious. Glacial pacing, a strange writing style in which phrases and sentences are repeated often and unnecessarily (an effect of the translation maybe?), excessive use of similes and metaphors. It renders the whole reading experience a chore. Which is a shame because their is definitely substance and merit in the underlying themes and messages of this book. But after slogging through about 60% of it I found I was actively not enjoying it, which is reason enough to stop. DNF.