A review by rlbasley
The Red Chamber by Pauline A. Chen

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! My biggest thrill as an avid reader is to find a book that hooks me within the first page and has me completely entranced to the last. This book certainly delivered! The characters are so detailed that I could anticipate at times how they would react to a situation before I read on to see what it would be. It is ironic to me that the family dynamics in this Chinese family is not very different from the German descendant American family I grew up in. I could replace my own family members with characters from this book. It's surprisingly relatable across cultural boundaries. I would gladly read more of this author's work! In fact I've run out of Chinese American Authors to read