The story was simply all too familiar for me: A rich family at the end of the Qing Dynasty; smart, well-educated protagonist wanted nothing more but to escape from his dysfunctional family and to live a simple life; sibling rivalries; family secrets; foreign invasion; revolution... I'm having flash-back from several TV series already!!
It was a nicely written book nonetheless. It may appeal to non-Chinese readers. For the rest of us, especially those that have been renting or buying Chinese series for who knows how long, we've seen the story too many times already.
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