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fishface 's review for:
Red Sorghum
by Mo Yan
3.5 stars
Not as enjoyable for me as Frog by the same author: the writing is exceptionally flowery, in a way I don’t like + the plot is so non linear I kept getting confused as to what generation and time period was being referenced. Sometimes alternate paragraphs on the same page were switching back and forth it was that convoluted. That’s really all that drags the rating down though.
Ignoring structure, the plot is interesting and there are many striking cinematic scenes that when laid out in Mo Yan’s elaborate use of language have vibrancy distilled into them. My favourite was when they fight the army of dogs, attempting to stop them tearing into the corpses of the villagers.
Might add more to this review at some point but I’m slightly drunk and very tired so I’m going to bed now haha
Not as enjoyable for me as Frog by the same author: the writing is exceptionally flowery, in a way I don’t like + the plot is so non linear I kept getting confused as to what generation and time period was being referenced. Sometimes alternate paragraphs on the same page were switching back and forth it was that convoluted. That’s really all that drags the rating down though.
Ignoring structure, the plot is interesting and there are many striking cinematic scenes that when laid out in Mo Yan’s elaborate use of language have vibrancy distilled into them. My favourite was when they fight the army of dogs, attempting to stop them tearing into the corpses of the villagers.
Might add more to this review at some point but I’m slightly drunk and very tired so I’m going to bed now haha