Thank you first to NetGalley and the publishers for an eARC of this book. Second, I really wanted to like this more than I did. That's not to say it was particularly unenjoyable-- objectively it was a pretty good read. I just think I was looking for something else. I might revisit this later though!

Reading Xiaobo visualised in me a seahawk that flies far above the ocean observing it closely and once in a while plunging into it and rising again with a fish on the beak. He gives us a general description of the subject and when we least expect, takes the plunge and throws towards us a surprise observation which is consistently profound and witty.