A review by lochanreads
Diamond Hill by Kit Fan

challenging dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Set during the 80s, a disgraced man flees British-occupied Hong Kong for the streets of Bangkok, where he falls into a life of addiction, until he is taken in by a monk called Daishi in the temple of Wat Arun. Several years later, the man known as Buddha returns to Hong Kong, sent back by Daishi to make peace with his past. Residing in a nunnery in Diamond Hill, a shanty town that was once 'the Hollywood of the Orient', Buddha's life becomes entangled with that of four troubled women.

Written with both beautiful and uncomfortable prose, Diamond Hill is a stark depiction of loss and hope in a slowly dying world.
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