This will be much shorter feedback than I usually give - sorry. Thank you for the ARC.
I admired this work a lot, but I did struggle to like it. The interweaving of folk tales, folk memory; the immigrant experience; the LGBT+ experience is deft and impressive. The language is realist and very bodily, and the book reminded me in many ways of Li Ang, Mo Yan and other Chinese writers. I just found it hard to look forward to reading it after a break. I may give it another go in a few months as I can't help but feel there's a lot in this to appreciate.
Charles C, Reviewer
