A review by abbie_
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li

dark reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Possibly my own attention span was to blame here, but I couldn’t fully get into this collection. The stories were on the longer side which I don’t think I’m in the mood for right now. They’re also unrelentingly bleak. Poverty, unwanted pregnancy, rejected queerness, loveless marriages, cycles of violence and trauma never cease within this collection, and it definitely took its toll - which is indeed the point and therefore it’s a successful collection in terms of shedding light on these issues in China. I’ll definitely be picking up more from Yiyun Li in the future.