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ahh, lisa see...and more chinese women going through hard times.
see weaves such rich, historical fiction filled with complex female relationships, i find i have a hard time walking away from the characters when the book ends.
while i have no idea of the accuracy of the time period portrayed, the story feels authentic due to the vivid descriptions of settings and daily tasks.
recommended for those who want to travel back in time to chinese country villages or for those who would like further insig ...more
see weaves such rich, historical fiction filled with complex female relationships, i find i have a hard time walking away from the characters when the book ends.
while i have no idea of the accuracy of the time period portrayed, the story feels authentic due to the vivid descriptions of settings and daily tasks.
recommended for those who want to travel back in time to chinese country villages or for those who would like further insig ...more
2.5. I DNFed this book twice before finally getting through the whole thing. I did not care for it. It’s really hard for me to read a book like this, with my modern Western feminism, and appreciate it for its historical and cultural value. I just want to shake the characters and tell them to stop. It bothered me that in once sentence the characters are all, “oh we are just worthless women whose only value is in the bearing of sons, and it’s totally right and normal for our husbands so beat us” a
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I thought this book was excellent! I love books about other cultures, and this book did not disappoint. It deals with women in China in the 19th century, and I thought the perspective it offers is excellent. It is mostly about the relationship between Lilly and Snow Flower, the two women who were united in order to procure better marriages. I though their relationship is very complex and the characters of the two women are very well developed. Even though the book takes place across the world an
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i never really got into this book. i guess it was a good story, but i didn't think it was that well written and i never really felt all that attached to the characters, which is important to me in a book like this. it was maybe a bit too much like every other novel i've read about women and their struggles and triumphs. nothing new or out of the ordinary.
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The concept of a women's script was interesting, but the writing was poor.
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Apr 05, 2008
Ching-In
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EmJay
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