A review by lpm100
Peony by Pearl S. Buck
1.0
One single word: BORING.
We already know the fate of the Kaifeng Jews, and that is that they were steamrolled in the same way that so many other tribes in China have fallen under the Han Chinese steamroller.
Did it really take that many words to explain that?
I was hoping for something that would give me a bit of insight into the daily lives of these people (which the author, Pearl S Buck may never have seen any more than Harriet Beecher Stowe--she of Uncle Tom's Cabin-- may have seen a slave). What I got instead was a mushy romance that dragged on interminably.
Verdict: Not recommended.
We already know the fate of the Kaifeng Jews, and that is that they were steamrolled in the same way that so many other tribes in China have fallen under the Han Chinese steamroller.
Did it really take that many words to explain that?
I was hoping for something that would give me a bit of insight into the daily lives of these people (which the author, Pearl S Buck may never have seen any more than Harriet Beecher Stowe--she of Uncle Tom's Cabin-- may have seen a slave). What I got instead was a mushy romance that dragged on interminably.
Verdict: Not recommended.