Alright... not great...

I'm not quite sure about this book really. I found the setting quite interesting, but as the book progressed I felt less and less towards the characters. Infact, by the end of the book I felt no sympathy towards them and found Lin especially annoying. He was just never satisfied with what he had, always Waiting for something better.. Not only that, but I wasn't sure about the writer's style either. Also, some of the events just felt too predictable.

As for the edition, I don't think I would buy another Vintage "East" collection version of a book again. Nearer the end there were random pages on which the type was crammed up to the middle of the book, and on others it as right out at the other extreme edge. This was quite annoying as in the former it obscured the first letters of the lines. They may be slightly cheaper than the original versions, but if Im going to buy books new I expect at least some degree of neatness.

6/10