A review by kimveach
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was a terrific multi-generation historical fiction book.  The history of the Chinese-Japanese War and the Civil War that followed it was new to me.  And I think this might be the first book I've read with a setting in Taiwan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail