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Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

1 review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a book set in late 1800s China and America. It is set during the Chinese Exclusion Act and follows the story of Daiyu who is forcefully immigrated to the USA. The story is at times difficult and at others hopeful. it mingles with folklore from China.  

TRIGGER WARNINGS: heavy trigger warnings, please read the warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Death, and Rape