Thanks to The Dark Forest, I know what the manic pixie dream girl equivalent is in Chinese.
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Replying to @generativist
What’s that? You all loved that Ye Winjie was a fully realized character with interiority and agency enough to make the most consequential decision in human history? Time for a woman who gets called an angel or innocent every other page
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(only halfway through)
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Replying to @generativist
I’ll say no more beyond that I came very close to quitting because of how she’s writteb, but the rest of the book is worth it
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Replying to @ArnstJohn
I came very close during the first imagined fireplace scene. Those pages took so much effort to get through. I just got to the part where they're explaining the Great Ravine, and it's picked up a bit.
7:32 AM - 13 Apr 2019
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