Blueink Review of Two Tales of the Moon
I just received the following review from Blueink Review:
"Jennifer Sun draws on personal knowledge of China and a former career in telecommunications finance for her well-crafted debut novel about the meeting of East and West, titled Two Tales of the Moon.
Sun paints a compelling picture of China as a country of contradictions. Lu marvels at luxury properties but simultaneously frets about the poor working conditions and pollution her company seems glad to ignore when making deals. Complications ensue from this ethical issue. As Lu observes to Will: “Peel back the surface glitz and glamor, and what’s underneath is not too pretty.”
Frequent descriptions of clothing and food enliven the settings, while flashbacks to Lu’s traumatic girlhood departure from China add psychological depth.
Blending romance and ethical intrigue, this is a unique novel that should please readers who appreciated Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians and Sarah Howe’s Loop of Jade.
"Jennifer Sun draws on personal knowledge of China and a former career in telecommunications finance for her well-crafted debut novel about the meeting of East and West, titled Two Tales of the Moon.
Sun paints a compelling picture of China as a country of contradictions. Lu marvels at luxury properties but simultaneously frets about the poor working conditions and pollution her company seems glad to ignore when making deals. Complications ensue from this ethical issue. As Lu observes to Will: “Peel back the surface glitz and glamor, and what’s underneath is not too pretty.”
Frequent descriptions of clothing and food enliven the settings, while flashbacks to Lu’s traumatic girlhood departure from China add psychological depth.
Blending romance and ethical intrigue, this is a unique novel that should please readers who appreciated Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians and Sarah Howe’s Loop of Jade.
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