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Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

34 reviews

lovetlr's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lizzieaxxe's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jessreadsandrambles's review against another edition

3.75

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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taegibff's review against another edition

3.5

emotional informative medium-paced

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bookreviewswithkb's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

i have mixed feelings

Shanghai Girls started off really strong for me. i was drawn into the story and appreciating the historical context, learning about the political landscape of China in the late 1930s, and later on in the novel, learning about the relationship between China and america and the impact the fear of communism had on the individual lives of Chinese americans, all the racist antics of white americans

but from about halfway through on i felt the novel lacked a true plot. and the way Lisa See tries to wrap things up felt very predictable and unoriginal. i was getting a bit bored

this is only the second Lisa See novel i’ve read and i will definitely be reading more. this just wasn’t the strongest for me

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baby_jewels's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book was very good, but also very sad. This is not a cute historical romance, that the cover portrays. It's a story of hardships, trauma, and the power to keep going. The gold lining of it though was the love Pearl and May had for each other and the power that it gave them.

My heart feels heavy for Pearl and May, even though they're fiction. Even though they were thought up by Lisa See, I know that their life bears resemblance to hundreds of women's life's during that time period. Growing up we are taught about the colonization of China and we are thought about discrimination again various immigrants, but we were never taught what the Chinese immigrants had to go through. This book was eye opening for me, and I'm glad Lisa See through her story is able to bring to peoples attention things that have been forgotten and looked over.
I think it's definitely a must read

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3ksindhwisjdhd's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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juleskr02's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

my first laufey book club read, and a pretty slow read i’m embarrassed!

this story was so depressing, maybe that’s why i took my time with it. i enjoyed it immensely, but was still so turned off by the horrible events that happened to pearl and may. lisa see does a phenomenal job at writing historical fiction in that it all feels so real.

i was a little disappointed in the ending, and that’s simply because i didn’t know there was a sequel! i need to know what happens next ah!

so many annotations and standout quotes in this novel, it was excellently written for sure! i enjoyed it a lot, and i look forward to reading dreams of joy soon!

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