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Title: I like "Ocean of Words" but not "Waiting"
Review: How can anyone call this even interesting writing? Manna and Lin, the protagonists, are two petty-minded, weak people who, to put it bluntly, deserve all their sufferings. To the misled readers, life is much more interesting in China, in reality or in fiction. Even under the most severe circumstances in that totalitarian state, people have been more adventurous, more courageous and have had more fun than those two losers. Up to page 185, this is a depressing, dreadful, slow-death-evoking tale. But I shall read on just to prove myself wrong. I am not holding my breath.Suggested antidotal reading: Wang Shuo's "Playing for Thrills" or "Please Don't Call Me Human"
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