Reviews

Processen by Liu Zhenyun

angeladobre's review against another edition

4.0

https://booknation.ro/recenzie-nu-mi-am-omorat-barbatul-de-liu-zhenyun/

liketheday's review against another edition

3.0

From the title, I was expecting that either Li would kill her husband and then deny it (as you do), or she would all but kill him and make his life terrible. The latter is what she tries to do, certainly, but what actually happens is that he goes on with his happy life and happy new wife, and Li becomes the tortured soul.
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tofi_15's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is a satirical novel about a woman trying to get redress for a relatively minor slight (her husband treating their sham divorce meant to circumvent the one child law as real and marrying another woman) and being failed repeatedly by officials talking big about protecting the people while only caring about their own position. Parts of this are really funny and you have to respect the main character’s can-do attitude in the face of everything, but I didn't really care for the ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

saarahn's review against another edition

This translation is too clunky and I couldn’t appreciate the legal jargon and details.

evelina96's review

3.0

En intressant satir som till stor del handlar om korruption förklädd till en tragisk berättelse om kvinnan Li och hennes processande.

opalthefruit's review against another edition

3.0

I assume this works much better if you're familiar with Chinese politics at county level but I quite liked it. saw the film first though and liked that more