A review by tuc03229
Beijing Doll by Chun Sue

3.0

A lot of people have heard of this book only because it was banned in China, and insist that it has gained unjust fame simply because of this fact. This is not true. Bejing Doll is a complicated coming of age novel that does fall in to many teenage angst cliches but never completely surrenders to them due to philosophical ruminations. The main character, Chun Sue, is just a very confused girl, portrayed realistically and believably. The portrayals of almost all the males in the book were very disturbing... all of them are cruel, possessive, or vicious. Still, this is a great eye-opener to modern Chinese culture, specifically underground punk culture, and the mind of the Chinese teenager.