A very unique tale that doesn't always come across sympathetically. Our book club couldn't decide if it was cultural or a personality trait that made Jin seem so self absorbed.

The descriptions of the rise through the army ballet corps were really interesting but it was let down by seeming to be rushed in the second half of the book after the operation. We had many questions about this later life and most of them were quickly skipped over.

Book Club gave it 4/2/3/2/6/6/6/2/2/7
Hugely varied responses mostly arrayed over whether or not the vanity of the narrator allowed the reader to enjoy the story.