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A review by psykobilliethekid
Brothers by Da Chen
4.0
I've finished this book some time ago and just now have some time to write my review.
This was a very interesting book in the end. I won't give anything away, but it was more or less a combination of the War of the Roses and the Prince and the Pauper without the switching of the main characters to their other worlds, all set to the back drop of the end of Mao China and ending with the Tiananmen Square incident and its after effects. It's also a story of love lost, found and turned traitor through the outside influences of family members and government officials.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in Contemporary Chinese history or for someone who loves read the stories of several people, who do not seem to be related at all, finally coming together in the most unexpected of ways.
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So far so good. It's a novel about two brothers-one brought up in the high society of late Mao China, and the other a bastard brought up in the jungles near Vietnam. Their only link between each other is their father-a high ranking general in Mao's army.
It's not the typical book of two tales though-it's more like the graphic novels I read where the characters have nothing or near to nothing related to each other, but end up meeting together in a certain way or event in/near the end. Not that I know this will actually happen of course since I'm not finished with the book yet. But it has kept my attention and has become a page turner and like to return to.
This was a very interesting book in the end. I won't give anything away, but it was more or less a combination of the War of the Roses and the Prince and the Pauper without the switching of the main characters to their other worlds, all set to the back drop of the end of Mao China and ending with the Tiananmen Square incident and its after effects. It's also a story of love lost, found and turned traitor through the outside influences of family members and government officials.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in Contemporary Chinese history or for someone who loves read the stories of several people, who do not seem to be related at all, finally coming together in the most unexpected of ways.
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So far so good. It's a novel about two brothers-one brought up in the high society of late Mao China, and the other a bastard brought up in the jungles near Vietnam. Their only link between each other is their father-a high ranking general in Mao's army.
It's not the typical book of two tales though-it's more like the graphic novels I read where the characters have nothing or near to nothing related to each other, but end up meeting together in a certain way or event in/near the end. Not that I know this will actually happen of course since I'm not finished with the book yet. But it has kept my attention and has become a page turner and like to return to.