The Rules of the game

I have a nuetral feeling toward the book. The story in my oppion did not have a obvious theme. I personaly enjoy the game of chess, minis the fact that i am really not that good at it. I all enjoyed that the story was set in chinatown. A lot of the stories that i have read have either been set in the city or in some kind of past story setting. I also liked the fact that Meimei was able to play in the chess tournaments. I my experiences when you compete in something like a sport you gain lot of skill and can learn other peoples straigies. One of the negitives of the story for me was the mother I did not like how harsh see was with her daughter but the mother was doing what she had to do.