![]() ![]() ![]() The novel's failure could have been in the utter naivete of the author's story, an unrequited love like unto Romeo and Juliet, but so far short of the depth of story required to have significant emotional impact. For me it was like reading a young child's first fiction. There was not one inspiring passage, one beautifully turned phrase. It could have been the English translation that was so very uninspiring, spare, flat. It is difficult to point to just one reason the novel failed. This is exactly my experience with Under the Hawthorne Tree by Ai Mi. ![]() Perhaps one of the most disappointing factors in a reading experience is when you finish a novel that had all the potential for greatness and fell so far short. ![]()
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