it was the first book i read by Lisa See, and i loved the historical facts. i enjoyed learning of ancient China. buy Lily wasn't very likable, and trurthfully none of the characters was. i can say now that despite my liking to the story, i don't like See's writing style, or the way she builds her ch...
A very sad and beautiful story about friendship between two women set in 19th century China. I absolutely loved the writing style and had no problem getting into the story it was very interesting to learn about 'nu shu' the secret writing of women. Some of the traditions and customs of the time you ...
I liked the book better than the first Lisa See novel I've read, Peony in Love, though it took the story to a direction I didn't expect. The footbinding part was possibly the most gruesome I've read about the custom, but at the same time it's also the most truthful, presenting footbinding as it basi...
Does Oprah still have a book club? Is it secretly running underground? Is the first rule Don't Talk About Book Club? I mean, how else would every woman my age know about this book? It seems as though all my GR friends over the age of thirty, many of which are lucky to finish 12 books a year, hav...
This is the kind of book I'd normally expect to like, both for its historical setting and for its focus on women. But it does no more than skim the surface of its characters' lives, and I never had any kind of connection to the characters.Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is primarily a story about the...
I enjoyed the beginning of the novel, but as I went on it did wane some; I think this was attributable to Lily - she started out exciting and interesting, but then fell into a lifeless copy of a generic married Chinese woman. I do think Lily was selfish throughout the novel, but on the otherhand I t...
She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me. When they were eight years old Snow Flower and Lily were bound to each other as laotong, old sames. This is a bond deeper and stronger than any a man or woman could share, even marriage. The communicated all their life's joys and their sorrows in th...
I gave into temptation after seeing the ads for the movie all over Goodreads. Wow, what a story. I wouldn't say this was a hard story to read, but much of it is dreary. This book takes place during a time when women were only seen as vestibules to bear children--particularly sons. Other than that, t...
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