Title: Good for young people, but less so for sophisticated readers
Review: The writing of this novel is a bit flat-footed and the characters lack real dimension, but this would be a nice gift for a teeanger interested in finding out more about China history. Sometimes, historical events are more understandable when them come through the medium of fiction, and though Dream of the Walled City is prosaically written, it does provide a birds-eye view events in China of the last century. I wouldn't recommend it, however, to an adult with more sohisticated tastes.
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