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Irene
Sep 08, 2009 rated it liked it
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Originally enthusiastic about reading a fictional rendering of the life of a Chinese princess turned spy against China, I quickly lost interest in the myriad accounts of sexual escapades of almost all of the characters. Such superficially narrated and emotionally devoid encounters dominate the writing. While most of the characters lack adequate dimension to be credible, the larger portion of the embellished narrative focuses on precisely described possessions.

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Maria
Mar 28, 2010 marked it as to-read