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Title: I really disliked this book, but read it anyway.
Review: I rarely read a book that I dislike--all the way through to the end. But this one I did--partially, because of frustration at having bought it,partially because I couldn't believe there wasn't some gem hidden in it somewhere. It was true to it's title--I WAITED, all the way through, for it to become something I would value having read. It was essentially a passionless story about a very dull life, and though it was instructive about the difficult nature of existing in post-Cultural Revolution China, it lacked any real sense of the uniqueness of the land. It was a literary white-wash, which may be of scholarly significance, but it was of no interest as a satisfying read.
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