Scan barcode
A review by emp2707
The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke
3.0
Fascinating concept, haunting even, but I found it a little tedious?
I kept second guessing myself because the author repeats so many of the sentences and I think that I’m accidentally rereading the same line but I’m not. I don’t really get what it adds to the story? Maybe it’s because this poor boy is tired of having to recount this whole night so in-depth. Idk.
That said I always find judging a translation really hard because most of what I disliked about the book was the language used but who knows had I been able to read it in mandarin then maybe I would have enjoyed it more (note to self learn more languages). The concept for the story was very interesting but as said it really was the language for me.
I kept second guessing myself because the author repeats so many of the sentences and I think that I’m accidentally rereading the same line but I’m not. I don’t really get what it adds to the story? Maybe it’s because this poor boy is tired of having to recount this whole night so in-depth. Idk.
That said I always find judging a translation really hard because most of what I disliked about the book was the language used but who knows had I been able to read it in mandarin then maybe I would have enjoyed it more (note to self learn more languages). The concept for the story was very interesting but as said it really was the language for me.