I have special memories regarding this book. The author, Lulu Wang, was in the book shop to sign copies of this book, and I have one of them. She looked for about a minute at all people that approached the table she sat at for an autograph and the things she saw / found she wrote in a Chinese saying (or poem?) (translated into Dutch).
After that the book couldn't possibly be bad, could it? And to me it wasn't. It is about a Dutch boy, who falls in love with a Chinese girl. A mysterious girl that intrigues him, breaks his heart, but loves him still.

A very nice book, a good story. I did not understand Jelai, felt very sorry for Chris at times and tried to figure out how the two of them would ever be able to live together. If ever.
Read it twice already, and I'm sure I'll read it again AND find something new in it. ( )

Zalig boek! Ik kon het gewoon niet opzij leggen. De Chinese volksverhalen verweven met de gebeurtenissen geven echt een extra dimensie aan het verhaal. ( )