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2014 • 368 pages

Ratings4

Average rating3.8

15

Short novella about a quasi-robocop private eye lady, full of damaged parts and cybernetic parts (cool), hunting for a serial killer who kills fancy prostitutes. Some stuff about blackmailing high-level Chinese politicians. Some stuff about Boston's Chinatown.

Meh. This didn't connect with me at all. I found Liu's writing full of telling, telling, telling, and very little showing. I'm also not a huge fan of serial killer/dead prostitute stories, so that was a barrier.

March 28, 2015