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• baroque says "The New York Times review is one of the only good reviews of this book I’ve seen. The fact that it happens to be more high-profile..."Modern Life is Rubbish: Tao Lin’s Taipei
• Observation says "Me here. Another observation. For a totally different response to Lin check out Emily Witt’s review:..."Modern Life is Rubbish: Tao Lin’s Taipei
• Bob says "No. I mean to say what I said. The reviewers use kid gloves. “The mentions” you keep talking about, whatever that means, that..."Modern Life is Rubbish: Tao Lin’s Taipei
• Danny Peters says "Do you mean to say that the mentions are negative but the reviews use kid gloves? No. I have not heard of the New York Times. I..."Modern Life is Rubbish: Tao Lin’s Taipei
• Bob says "Nice little switch you tried to pull there. I’m talking about reviews, you change it to “mentions,” as if they were one..."Modern Life is Rubbish: Tao Lin’s Taipei