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Shanghailanders
by Juli Min
Thank you Spiegel and Grau for the gifted ARC book.
A cosmopolitan Shanghai household is followed backward from 2040 to 2014 as the family remakes itself throughout the years.
The backward timeline of SHANGHAILANDERS was an interesting choice and challenged my reading experience more than I would have expected. Rather than being a typical family saga novel, this read more like a set of interconnected vignettes centered on family. The characters were compelling despite the story feeling quite disjointed at times. The writing was beautiful though and I enjoyed this overall.