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The Porcelain Moon: A Novel of France, the Great War, and Forbidden Love by Janie Chang

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racheyohh's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I liked this book but not to the extent of war books such as The Nightingale or All The Light We Cannot See. The characters seemed less complex and it did seem be more optimistic about everything. Maybe it’s just that WWI was much less devastating to France than WWII or maybe it was just that the author wanted to show a happier story about the elite, likely a mix of the two. Rarely does war fiction have

such a happy ending for all characters

, which I enjoyed but still, seemed a little too good to be true. The characters all seemed much more focused on marriages than the war, though Theo’s letters do give a little bit of perspective. I enjoyed the authors note at the end regarding some history backstory about this time.

All in all it was an enjoyable book about a less discussed part of history (I hadn’t heard about it until reading Yellowface) but nothing too amazing.

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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chelseylb1988's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging inspiring fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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klutzykara's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I definitely enjoyed this more than Library of Legends, which I read a few years ago. I think that might be because this one didn't have the fantasy elements and was a straight historical fiction novel (w/ romance elements instead). The story was compelling and I enjoyed the characters and writing. It was a bit strange to me the way the timeline was handled, going forward and backwards so we'd know about things happening in the past before we would read it transpiring in the past. I didn't mind it really, but I did wonder why it was set up that way.

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