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Candy Author: An international literary phenomenon--now available for the first time in English translation--CANDY is a hip, harrowing tale of risk and desire, the story of a young Chinese woman forging a life for herself in a world seemingly devoid of guidelines. Hong, who narrates the novel, and whose life in many ways parallels the author's own, drops out ... more »
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The book was a lovely at some parts, but vague and general at others. It took me a while to get into the author's style, and after a while I was just bored by the plot and irritated by the narrator. Not to say it's not an interesting book— the subject matter and occaisionally the writing is interesting and provocative. But it drags in the middle, and toward the end I just wanted it to be over.
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I just couldn't get into it. There was a part that was interesting towards the end, but otherwise this book just couldn't make me care about the characters or story.
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Mian Mian's first novel Candy - "A blast of sex, drugs, and rock and roll", was banned in China and became an underground best-seller.
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