Review: Waiting

Waiting by Ha Jin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I had no idea what to expect from this book, and I'm still not exactly sure what to make of it. It's arguably the best representation I've read of the life of an average citizen during and right after the cultural revolution.

It is also a great story about people, freedom, and how the lack of it can affect peoples' lives.

It isn't ever really obvious, and it doesn't delve into the worse possible cases (which is sometimes done in an attempt to show how bad life could be).

Having said all that, I found it to be stilted and long-winded at times. Probably 3.5 stars.

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