A review by swirls
Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from the Original Epicenter by Fang Fang

4.0

First person account of the Wuhan lockdown by a celebrated Chinese novelist living there. Don't expect anything fully comprehensive - it felt more like a daily chat show, covering both day to day matters in her life and her take on what she heard in the news, with surprisingly scathing criticism of government response. I don't feel like social media updates always translate so well into book form - she frequently references responses to her posts elsewhere online and viral news stories - and it's a bit repetitive and myopic, but I still think this is an important read for 2020. I hope to see translations of more like this written by people in other corners of society.