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It’s crazy how much I was liking this book in the beginning, but because of the three part narrator style, it just has slowly fallen off from me at the end.. also there’s a little bit more about Chinese history in here and their government during that time and it’s not the vibes. I’m desiring in my reading right now with all that’s going on in the world.

So this book has three parts and I don’t love the third narrator. Also the story gets a little depressing as far as it has a political tone that is too triggering for what’s going on in the US right now and I feel even tho I listen intently I’m missing the details of the magical realism because its only sprinkled in. Ready to finish it lowkey .. 3 hours left :/

At more than half in I THINK I’m getting to the magical realism part, which I didn’t pick up this book for the magical realism .. I actually didn’t read about the plot before reading.. I had just remembered seeing it online and wanting to read it.. but I do love magical realism. Much more contemporary fiction tho.

I’m really enjoying this novel. The prose is really nice for what I was looking for. I’m so interested to see what happens

This book has a thriller mystery aspect to it now! This is one of those novels that I remember researching when it first came out, but then when I saw it was available as an audiobook I simply checked it out & forgot a lot of the plot. I like when I dont have expectations going in. I went to check the genres & was surprised to see theres no mystery but theres magical realism. Not sure where that is but excited!