Review: 
After a month of trying to read a mere 256 pages, I have finally finished this…but I still really don’t know what the book was trying to do or what it really was about.
We have two stories being told in alternate chapters: the story of Nu Wa, a take on the Chinese creation myth, and the story of Miranda, which is set in the future and tells of a girl who was born with an unusual condition – she smells of durian fruit and later develops scales.
I got the connection between Miranda and Nu Wa, but I’m not sure I got anything out of the book. I guess I needed a bit more in the way of connecting the dots or elaborating on why certain things were the way they were.
For example what did Miranda’s father do for a living that is called “tax collecting” but seems to happen in virtual reality where he still gets beat up every night?
I guess the book just wasn’t for me.
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Sounds like one of those high concept books where the author can’t figure out how to launch, let alone stick the landing. Usually when I find books like that, I’m more interested in the author’s thought process than the book itself.
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I think the the idea behind it was interesting and it certainly was an unusual book (which is why I had picked it up in the first place) but I don’t think that the execution worked for me.
So, yes, exactly as you say, great idea, great launch, rocky flight, and night-time landing.
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