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A review by gwendle_vs_literature
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
3.75
This was a selection for one of my book clubs, and it was enjoyable enough, but not something that I would likely have picked up on my own.
The writing was fairly good, and the story was interesting, but I found myself unable to relate to any of the main characters, which tends to disengage me from a text. That said, it would have truly irked me if the author had imposed modern values or ideals on a time and place where they wouldn’t make sense.
What I found most interesting was reading the acknowledgments and learning about the intense level of research that went into the story, and that many of the events of the novel had a basis in history.
I think I would have preferred a historical text about Lady Tan and about the time period to the historical fiction.
The writing was fairly good, and the story was interesting, but I found myself unable to relate to any of the main characters, which tends to disengage me from a text. That said, it would have truly irked me if the author had imposed modern values or ideals on a time and place where they wouldn’t make sense.
What I found most interesting was reading the acknowledgments and learning about the intense level of research that went into the story, and that many of the events of the novel had a basis in history.
I think I would have preferred a historical text about Lady Tan and about the time period to the historical fiction.