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This book is so totally like nothing I would have read on my own, someone from my book club chose it. It's historical fiction. But it's pretty light on the historical stuff, so it wasn't too bad. The author's writing style is very nice, but she's a little too wordy - 50 pages of this 517 page book could have easily been cut, if not more. I found the Chang love story to be ridiculous. I'm sorry, I'm not that far up on my history, but there's no way that story is even half way plausible, no one escapes that much. LOL.
I would have liked to have read more about Lydia and her mother. I don't understand why it has the title it has. I feel like I missed something in this book. Perhaps reading it over the holidays wasn't the smartest decision, I dunno. I'll have to see if I'm the only one that went away wondering about the title. I frequently miss subtle things though. I need in your face! ;)
Anyway, a decent read. If you like historical fiction, you might like this, but if you are a stickler or wordy writers or sub plots that are completely unbelievable, you might want to skip it. Again, the author has a beautiful writing style... I believe this might be her first book though, so I'm willing to give her next one another shot (as long as it's NOT a sequel). ;)
This book is so totally like nothing I would have read on my own, someone from my book club chose it. It's historical fiction. But it's pretty light on the historical stuff, so it wasn't too bad. The author's writing style is very nice, but she's a little too wordy - 50 pages of this 517 page book could have easily been cut, if not more. I found the Chang love story to be ridiculous. I'm sorry, I'm not that far up on my history, but there's no way that story is even half way plausible, no one escapes that much. LOL.
I would have liked to have read more about Lydia and her mother. I don't understand why it has the title it has. I feel like I missed something in this book. Perhaps reading it over the holidays wasn't the smartest decision, I dunno. I'll have to see if I'm the only one that went away wondering about the title. I frequently miss subtle things though. I need in your face! ;)
Anyway, a decent read. If you like historical fiction, you might like this, but if you are a stickler or wordy writers or sub plots that are completely unbelievable, you might want to skip it. Again, the author has a beautiful writing style... I believe this might be her first book though, so I'm willing to give her next one another shot (as long as it's NOT a sequel). ;)
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