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A review by eososray
The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung
2.0
Oh God, was this Boring (yes, with a capital B).
The story goes round and round in circles. It's not clever and not entirely convincing as science fiction.
It really read like a contemporary political commentary with a few semi-fictional characters thrown in. It was like the author decided that if it got classed in a fiction genre more people would read it, so created a little love story to throw in between the commentary.
It's also not that in depth, I am aware of the political, social and economic issues in China and this didn't add anything to my knowledge of the country.
The story goes round and round in circles. It's not clever and not entirely convincing as science fiction.
It really read like a contemporary political commentary with a few semi-fictional characters thrown in. It was like the author decided that if it got classed in a fiction genre more people would read it, so created a little love story to throw in between the commentary.
It's also not that in depth, I am aware of the political, social and economic issues in China and this didn't add anything to my knowledge of the country.