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prvteidaho's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
mog261's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse
Minor: Bullying, Violence, and Death
spacestationtrustfund's review against another edition
3.0
Zhang Ailing actually wrote this novel(la) in English, then translated it herself into Mandarin (秧歌). The title is so fascinating to me; yes, 秧歌 [yānggē] could technically be translated as rice sprout (秧) + song (歌), but it's such a curiously literal translation of a term—yangge—that's hardly ever translated literally. It's akin to translating the city "Paris" as "Cauldron" just because the name originates from the Latin name for the Celtic tribe Parisii (from Transalpine Gaulish *parios, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-)
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