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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1145989.Red_Mandarin_Dress_An_Inspector_Chen_Novel?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Red Mandarin Dress: An Inspector Chen Novel" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1181393964m/1145989.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1145989.Red_Mandarin_Dress_An_Inspector_Chen_Novel?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Red Mandarin Dress: An Inspector Chen Novel</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9155.Qiu_Xiaolong">Qiu Xiaolong</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19850930?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 1 of 5 stars<br/>This book could be so interesting, but it is as slow as molasses and talks more about what the characters had for lunch and what stories they're reading than the crime. Blah. Maybe it gets better at the end, but I was finished by about 60 pages in. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/227008?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>