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A review by usbsticky
Incensed by Ed Lin
2.0
I'm giving this book 2 stars as a neutral rating = it was OK.
First of all, I note that this is supposed to be a humorous book and humor is notoriously hard to get right. A lot of authors try it but you either get it right or you look like you're trying too hard to be funny. And most authors don't get it right. Unfortunately, the humor in this book didn't make me burst out in laughter or even smile, it just made me note that it's supposed to be humorous.
What I liked about the book was the inside look at Taiwan that only a native Taiwanese person can write and the author has done a very good job of it.
But the downfall of this book to me was that it was very wordy and somewhat bland. I enjoyed the description of the country and the culture but I didn't feel anything about the characters. I thought the author tried to make the descriptions of them funny rather than to flesh them out as real people. And when you don't care about the characters, you don't care about the book either. And that is why I felt this book was just OK. I got this book free as a review copy.
First of all, I note that this is supposed to be a humorous book and humor is notoriously hard to get right. A lot of authors try it but you either get it right or you look like you're trying too hard to be funny. And most authors don't get it right. Unfortunately, the humor in this book didn't make me burst out in laughter or even smile, it just made me note that it's supposed to be humorous.
What I liked about the book was the inside look at Taiwan that only a native Taiwanese person can write and the author has done a very good job of it.
But the downfall of this book to me was that it was very wordy and somewhat bland. I enjoyed the description of the country and the culture but I didn't feel anything about the characters. I thought the author tried to make the descriptions of them funny rather than to flesh them out as real people. And when you don't care about the characters, you don't care about the book either. And that is why I felt this book was just OK. I got this book free as a review copy.