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Title: trite and disappointing
Review: I am not sure why this is called a love story, since Lin, by his own admission, has never been in love. He finds the true details of love intrusive and is actually looking for maid and laundry service. The language of the book is extremely uneven. The narration is sometimes lovely, sometimes archaic (they copulated a long time.) while the conversation is full of jarring Americanish colloquialisms (Girl, you're crazy!) which do not fit the characters or events. The omnipresent voice couldn't be a more overused device. Lin's stilted conversations with 'the voice' was like being hit over the head with the obvious. Ultimately, this is a dreary book about a self-centered man who only wants what he doesn't have and the two women who, for reasons never understood, love him.
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