Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

4.26 AVERAGE

sparksofkell's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective slow-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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rach_dani's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Really good! There was a mystery throughout which was not the main focus at all. I found I really liked that, I got so caught up in Yunxians life that whenever the author hinted about the mystery plot it was more like an added bonus than anything else. 
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katylikestoread's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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
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srtabethsua's review against another edition

5.0
emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

arint's review against another edition

3.25
emotional informative sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes

mkeller9097's review against another edition

4.0
informative inspiring reflective 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: Yes

apcrum's review against another edition

5.0
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
I love women 😭
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grahei's review against another edition

5.0
emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced
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flavicou's review against another edition

4.5
reflective relaxing
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Wow this book. The prose was so beautiful and the imagery transported you to 15th century china. The character relationships and the exploration of pushing boundaries of acceptability for women as well as exploring medicine. Wow loved !

mariechtu's review against another edition

5.0
thank you so much to the author for providing a netgalley arc of this book for me <3

and thank you for writing this book

i love books about women, written by women
and historical fiction
so i knew that this would be perfect for me

i was so right

it's very much character driven, which i love
you follow our mc through her life

i was never bored
everytime there was something new eventhough you'd think it would become monotonous at some point but it wasn't
i read 60% of this book in one day because it was so entertaining

the mc was so nice, everything she did and thought was perfectly in line with who she was
i was never frustated with her

i loved the chinese medicine part of it, it might be boring to some, but as a history girlie i absolutely loved it
it was very interesting to see how some of these methods have influenced modern medecine

all in all, a beautifully written story about the power of women and friendship, and a magnificient historical testimony to ancient China !

i'll definetely buy a physical copy of this
because it was stunning
and the cover is breath-taking <3