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Can't quite figure out why this was such a runaway bestseller. I was pretty bored through most of it, although did push on to the [terrible, hackneyed, so unrealistic] end. Some lovely little daily-life metaphors throughout. Was this supposed to be subverting/exoticizing the conventions of romance, but it actually ended up underlining them in silly, annoying ways? Why did you love this book, America? Simple Asian fetish material?
pg. 255: "Grief is a peculiar thing; we're so helpless in the face ...more
pg. 255: "Grief is a peculiar thing; we're so helpless in the face ...more
Jan 14, 2010
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