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Book Review of Waiting

Waiting
Waiting
Author: Ha Jin
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


I feel sort of ignorant as I write this, because I obviously have an opposing view to so many! I thought it was unbearably slow at times and quite predictable. I think it's a style of writing that is just not my bag. On the front cover, there's a quote from a writer for the New Yorker that refers to it as suspenseful. The only thing I didn't have figured out was whether or not it was worth continuing to the end. For me, the answer is that it was not.