A review by scunareader
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee

2.0

IMO, this book did not meet its potential, sadly. I felt like the main character (thus, title character), was inserted at the last minute as a deus ex machina to tell the story of the 40's. Maybe the author meant to do that. Maybe not. I didn't think any of the characters were well-written (maybe except for Trudy) and, at times, the story surrounding the role of the Japanese general and the Crown Collection was very confusing and disjointed. Or maybe I started skimming out of sheer boredom. In any case, Claire was the most boring, pushover-y, self-loathing woman I've ever encountered in a book of fiction, and my least favorite aspect of the book.