Wren’s Reviews > A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing > Status Update

“‘Leaching was the most monstrous thing I did.’”

I get the desire to more your parents’ history but not wanting it to be a trauma dump

Damn he’s gone through a lot of trauma

Not the reframing with we’re with these acts of brutality

“‘The only homeland I have is him and my Ma. I don’t belong anywhere, just to them. How can I toss him aside?’”

“Her mother tongue nearly forgotten, plastered in whiteness.”

Feet binding is horrible and painful

So I’m guessing Qianze has met the woman

They come for the academics first

It’s quite interesting to have both sides of the story