A review by nooneyouknow
The Seventh Day by Yu Hua

2.0

2.5 stars. The writing feels relatively simple with the occasional interesting turns of phrase, but the overall effect for me was just too flat and detached. The good man narrator guides the story through a criticism of the human price of China's capitalistic drive toward progress and through some hope for an afterlife marked by equality, but in the end, I just didn't engage with this one.