I didn't think this book was very good. Maybe it's better in the original Chinese.

There are some interesting ideas, but they have the narrative urgency of a PowerPoint slide. The characters are cardboard. I wasn't sure if it's the Chinese style I'm not used to or the translation, but all the dialogue feels stilted. There's no character development except (maybe) for Ye Wenjie, who's actions remain completely unbelievable.

The parts about the cultural revolution were interesting.