A review by karebear0099
Red Azalea by Anchee Min

3.0

I read this in college or maybe shortly after and remembered liking it. I recently read another book about the cultural revolution, “swimming towards freedom”, and wanted to revisit this one. In comparison to “swimming towards freedom” I was definitely disappointed with this book. Specifically, the writing style annoyed me and the crassness of the book was gross (others also talked about this, she describes someone’s mouth as being like a chicken’s anus- yuck). It was an interesting enough book due to the subject matter but I didn’t like the writing style.