Title: A bit too much of a cliche
Review: I wanted to like this book but found it disappointingly pallid. The cover made the novel look tempting and I like the idea of a novel about China with a lot of scope. "Dream" starts out interestingly (though the first paragraph is badly overwritten), but somehow the history takes over, and I sometimes felt as if I was getting a condensed survey of Chinese history ater 1911 rather than the main character's story. Also, the writing is somewhat cliched and clumsy--that took away from my ability to appreciate the narrative flow. All in all, I would recommend other books in this "genre"--Jung Chang's "Wild Swans," or Pang Mei Chang's "Bound Feet and Western Dress" over this one.ge
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