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Speaking Bones by Ken Liu
2.0

Infuriating pacing. I wanted to know how the story ends, but had to jump through so much junk to get there. Many of the side stories were pointless and could've been told separately as novellas. The most annoying part of the storytelling were the breaks in the middle of climactic moments to do a flashback. Objectively, the plot was interesting. Subjectively, the storytelling style is the most annoying I've read in a long time.