Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
By Lisa See
Oh my God, did I have a hard time with this week's book. It took me FOREVER to read a book that was only 253 pages. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know I can normally get through a book that length ridiculously fast; not this time. This post is four days late because I had such a hard time reading the book. Both of my kids are home for the summer and one of my best friends has been living with us for a while, so I don't really have extra time to read a book I wasn't enjoying.
This week's book is for my book group. Like almost every book this past year for the book group, it was suuuuper depressing. The book is the life story of Lily, a woman in China in the 1800’s. We learn about her life from the age of six until her early eighties. She has her feet bound and has an arranged marriage. The main plot point is that she is sorta coupled up with another girl who is her same age and all of the “stars have aligned” that they will be best friends forever. We learn all about all of the ridiculously depressing things that happen in their lives. Their loved ones keep dying in super depressing ways. The whole story keeps coming back to how women are just useful for having sons. The main character and her friend are just pooped on over and over.
If you are into asian culture and Chinese history then this might be the book for you. I personally haven't ever been obsessed with all things Chinese, so I wasn't crazy about the book. I learned a lot and that was nice, but as suggesting it I say...meh?
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