A review by kxiong5
The Story of the Stone, Volume V: The Dreamer Wakes, Chapters 99-120 by Gao E, Cao Xueqin

5.0

gotta admit I started getting misty-eyed at the end of this book because WOW. What a journey. It’s so weirdly satisfying to know everyone’s fate even though we knew what was coming from the start. (But mostly it was Baoyu bowing goodbye to his dad...and realizing that fate is fate and life is life and he’s got to yeet because he’s done his karmic duty on earth... aaaaaaa)