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phubbard 's review for:
Strange Beasts of China
by Yan Ge
Love. The first couple vignettes really messed with me since they are so transparently allegorical for different elements of human emotion, and it was all so visceral. But the book settles into a slightly more comfortable groove that is equal parts intriguing, tense, joyous, and insightful. There is a bit of a bait and switch going on here since the symbols we’re encouraged to focus on early don’t end up being the most compelling pieces, and that makes the themes that arise in the second half more interesting (to me). A pretty quick read, and has many layers.