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Xiaolu Guo: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Paperback, 2007, Chatto & Windus) 4 stars

Review of 'A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

A sort of a coming of age book, although, except for sex, the protagonist didn't seem to have matured very much. The gimmick was that she's in England to learn English, keeping a journal, and you get to see her English skills grow over the course of a year. Written by a Chinese person, which excuses the mockery of the protagonist. Maybe that mockery was supposed to be humorous. If so, it was lost on me.