Title: Boring
Product review: I found this book a total slog, and I was able to finish it only by skimming long sections. By looking at the reviews, the book clearly appeals to some, but not me. Plot: predictable. Characters: one-dimensional. Settings: sketchy, even Beijing, which surely could be made interesting. Though come to think of it, the main Beijing sequences take place in a modern hotel and an attached mall, a waste of an exotic locale. May as well be in Topeka. The dialog tried hard, but didn't work for me, perhaps because I was already annoyed at wasting a dollar and an hour.
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