Sandra (Page by Page)’s Reviews > ChinAlive > Status Update

Even after all these pages, the main event is still not up yet.

The plot is really neat and interesting. Whoa.

"His mom and dad tried to tell him what humidity was like--hot steamy air, the kind you find in the bathroom after a shower. But their descriptions had in no way prepared him for the rice cooker they walked through on their way to a taxi stand."

That's totally true. I went to China like seven years ago, and all I could think when I stepped out the airport into the open air was, "My goodness, I'm in hell!"