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This book nearly ended up as a DNF when I tried to read it last summer. I think I just wasn't in a good reading mood. I picked it up again a few months later, started over, and it was a much better experience. It didn't hurt that I ended up taking an Asian history course shortly before I started reading it the second time. The story is very well-written and the characters develop really well over time. It's a beautiful story with plenty of heartbreak and realism. This is no fluff piece and does
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Interesting subject matter for non-fiction, but a boring novel. The characters were flat and the story was plain.
I loved this book. One of my favorite things a good book can do is give an entirely different perspective and world view that you've never even considered. This did that for me. I had heard of foot binding, of course, but this explained it from the viewpoint of that time, country and mindset. I could actually understand why it was done and how it wasn't considered cruel or barbaric in that culture. Everything about the culture was foreign to me and I delighted in being able to experience it. It
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Oct 09, 2011
Jen • Just One More Page
marked it as to-read
Dec 27, 2011
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Oct 18, 2012
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Mar 12, 2013
S.L. Berry
marked it as to-read
Jun 18, 2013
Megan
marked it as bfl
Sep 02, 2013
Amy :)
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Sep 13, 2013
Mary Bronson
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Dec 07, 2013
Athena Macmillan
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Eyvonne
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Jirrine
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