A review by gracedlazydaisy
Naked Earth by Eileen Chang

2.0

To me it read as non-fiction when it is fiction (even if the background/environment/sentiment was written by the author thru lived experience in China in the 1950s). The writing was too dry and matter of fact that I found myself detached from the characters and a bit from the writing. As a huge non-fiction fan I like dry material, and my heart can still be effected by mass suffrage or repression. But when reading fiction the writing needs to be more emotive and descriptive in ways that isn't "Lui feels this because x,y,z." I would rather the reaction be described more poetically/using metaphors/description words because that's how I feel connected to fictional characters. I can appreciate the work and what it's trying to do. It has a 1984's feel from a communist standpoint. It wasn't my cup of tea, maybe it will be yours *shrugs*