Title: A laborious journey, with no end in sight
Product review: Having seen the glowing reviews and the "Nobel Prize" stamp on the book cover, I wasn't necessarily expecting an easy read, but a rewarding one. About a third of the way through, I am finding this book nearly unreadable. Much has been made of the different narrative voices used, and indeed the "I" and "You" perspectives invite the reader to experience the author's journey in different ways. Unfortunately, the author saddles "You" with a very annoying companion in the form of "She," and has "You" tell her stories that I assume are adaptations of Chinese folk tales, but don't resonate much with this American reader. I give the book 2 stars instead of 1 because some of the "I" narrator's experiences are fairly interesting if overly repetitive, and because I suspect that some of my difficulty with the book stems from my own unfamiliarity with Chinese culture.
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