Reviews

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

max_booth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

abbie1512's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Not something I would have chosen myself but am pleased I took the recommendation. Very interesting to read about a culture I know little about 

coop_j's review against another edition

informative tense medium-paced

5.0

redwavereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

ji_heivs's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

lawofeyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.75

Well-written memoir of the author's life in the early days of Communist China, as well as her mother and grandmother as they went through the turmoil of the early 20th century. It's definitely not an unbiased account, but the author is genuine, and the imagery is great. Her writing is very readable.

leenu's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

gepetto's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

winniewonders's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

laurennmiller's review against another edition

4.25

I’m really glad I read this - it increased my understanding of China immeasurably and gave me  enormous respect for the things we take for granted in a democracy. It’s long (500+ pages) and especially dense at the beginning, but worth your time!