A review by elizabethww
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I'm in awe. Lisa See's writing is breathtaking. Her research is in depth and never-ending. Even the Acknowledgments gave me a lump in my throat. Read this book. Savor it. I'm sad that it's over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Slavery

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, and Abortion

This novel is historically written based on extensive research about late 15th and early 16th centuries in China.