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A review by dreamofbookspines
Kinder Than Solitude by Yiyun Li
2.0
Content warning: sexual abuse of children (mid-teenage years if that matters to you)
This book was lost on me. I couldn't care about any of the characters; they seemed very one dimensional. I think it's something to do with the narration style. It just didn't work for me. Also I found it deeply frustrating that the whole premise of the mystery is just that the narrator withholds information. Like, yeah, _somebody_ poisoned somebody, we get that. Get on with the telling already, quit drawing it out!
I found the entire book intensely boring. Not objectionable material per se, just a snorefest.
This book was lost on me. I couldn't care about any of the characters; they seemed very one dimensional. I think it's something to do with the narration style. It just didn't work for me. Also I found it deeply frustrating that the whole premise of the mystery is just that the narrator withholds information. Like, yeah, _somebody_ poisoned somebody, we get that. Get on with the telling already, quit drawing it out!
I found the entire book intensely boring. Not objectionable material per se, just a snorefest.