Gili Shoval’s Reviews > A Song to Drown Rivers > Status Update

I’m Sorry but why is this bih so obsessed with this fanli guy when she barely knows anything about him. It feels like a telling and not showing situation. Like I’ve been “told” hundreds of times that xishi and fanli have some sort of firey connection, but I haven’t been shown it.

I almost love everything about this book. If only it wasn’t so cliche and tropey. The readers don’t need to infer anything because it’s all handed to you on a silver platter; there is no subtlety.

I’m hooked!