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aweekinthelife's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
the occasional second person perspective of Violet talking to her grand niece threw me for a bit of a loop but otherwise the story was engaging. i appreciated the diversity of backgrounds in these two families that the stories center around and seeing how the japanese occupation impacted different cross-sections of hong kong’s population.
i’ve happened to be reading a lot about this period of history in east asia & recommend Green Island (Shawna Yang Ryan) and A Map for the Missing (Belinda Huijuan Tang) for similar books set in Taiwan and China respectively. more recs on this theme: https://app.thestorygraph.com/tags/8e1248d4-5029-47c2-8c9d-d6a6f86866ff
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape
hilaryreadsbooks's review
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and War
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