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Summary: Fascinating
Review: This book is as fascinating as Flower Net. I thank Lisa See for presenting China in a way that I would never have imagined it. The mystery is good and there's nothing outrageous about it like so many mystery novels. All in all a wonderful read. Ignore the bad reviews and "see" for yourself!
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Summary: Brilliant, complicated and original
Review: This book is clearly not for the simple minded. Brilliant, complicated and original - if you like mysteries (and like to think) The Interior is the book for you. Following in the steps of Pearl S. Buck, Lisa See has once again proven herself to be one of America's top writers.
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Summary: Brilliant, complicated and original
Review: This book is clearly not for the simple minded. Brilliant, complicated and original - if you like mysteries (and like to think) The Interior is the book for you. Following in the steps of Pearl S. Buck, Lisa See has once again proven herself to be one of America's top writers.
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Summary: AN ABYSMAL MESS
Review: This is even worse than See's last book, Flower Net. The story is so flat and contrived, you want to scream after the first ten pages. The author has no ability whatsoever for writing fiction. She can't create full-bodied, believable characters, and everything she apparently knows about dramatic structure and plotting come directly from watching sit-com TV, and not the best of it. See has one gimmick - her Chinese connection, and her whole career has been based on exploiting it. I think it best if she gave up these feeble fiction efforts and simply wrote guide books to China. It wouldn't bore the reader so much and annoy their patience. Her famous mother's friends and influence are giving Lisa See an opportunity that she clearly does not deserve. The reader might also beware of rave reviews here on Amazon of both See senior and junior books. It seems very suspicious that their rabid network of friends with computers may be accountable for the repetitive lauditory reviews. A questionable tactic for success!
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Summary: Lisa See-Defining The Cross Cultural Heroin.
Review: With the publication of The interior, Lisa See shows her staying power and ability to build an existing character in the personality of Liu Hulan, a detective in Communist China's Ministry of Public Security. See uses her considerable knowledge about Chinese life in China to ad depth to her characters and a tangible landscape within to unfold a complex tale of cross cultural international intrigue. If you are interested in straight forward characters, and a clear idea of who the good guys and bad guys are, then maybe this novel is not for you. But if you are hungry for complex characters operating in difficult cultural and political circumstances, then this book is highly recommended. I believe we will see more of See, and it will not be on anyone elses coat tales. The interior shows an increased level of maturity and focus in her writing which I am sure will continue to grow with her characters and novels.
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Summary: The chinese plot
Review: With this book you will understand that not all the things are as they look, the chinese police were investigating a murder of a girl who worked in an american factory, they found that the factory was completely out of the chinese law, they found that the general manager was almost a killer, the factory which was closed because of their problems with the workers didn't have anything to do with this murder, read this book you will enjoy it.
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