Title: An offensive, inaccurate mass of hyperbolies
Product review: Although her book was well researched, and the facts mostly accurate, Stella Dong takes the city and defaces it with far off statements and conclusions. Although I have no ties to Shanghai, the book jumped out as a complete farce on the history and the people -- comparing the city to an emperor's ugly daughter,with underlying implications of it being prostitute like is simply a ploy to sell books through a mystical perception of the east. Stella Dong is playing on the stereotypes of the Far East to sell a B-rated book. Stella, you should be ashamed of yourself for defacing such a city. Granted, Shanghai is not the most pristine or morally restrained city in the world, but there are several other cities with histories much more 'decadent' and morally corrupt. Dont' read this book, or you will have a misperception of SHanghai, China, and the Far East.
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