12 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781400178391
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Publication date: 12 June 2019
Description
The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today. In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flower beds a...
Community Reviews Summary of 64 reviews
Moods
mysterious 46%
adventurous 30%
dark 30%
funny 23%
reflective 23%
sad 15%
lighthearted 7%
Pace
medium 21%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 41% | A mix: 33% | N/A: 16% | Plot: 8%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 80% | No: 10% | Yes: 10%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 80% | No: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 50% | Yes: 40% | It's complicated: 10%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 30% | No: 20%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Minor
Death, Self harm
12 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781400178391
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Publication date: 12 June 2019
Description
The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today. In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flower beds a...
Community Reviews Summary of 64 reviews
Moods
mysterious 46%
adventurous 30%
dark 30%
funny 23%
reflective 23%
sad 15%
lighthearted 7%
Pace
medium 21%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 41% | A mix: 33% | N/A: 16% | Plot: 8%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 80% | No: 10% | Yes: 10%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 80% | No: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 50% | Yes: 40% | It's complicated: 10%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 30% | No: 20%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Minor
Death, Self harm