332 reviews for:

Shanghailanders

Juli Min

3.51 AVERAGE

tarasmart's review

3.0

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3.5 stars

ayeesharbrts's review

3.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amylin's review

4.0

challenging emotional medium-paced

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Skrevet i motsatt tidsrekkefølge. Likte den veldig godt. Det funker

kairstin's review

3.75

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

nataliepatalie's review

3.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rannsto's review

2.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mamadaughterbookclub's review

3.75

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is such an interesting book and premise! It starts in 2040 and ends in 2025 and is about a prominent Shanghai family - successful businessman father, Japanese-French artistic mother, and 3 daughters. I devoured it quickly, but I'm not sure I liked the timeline moving backwards. I kind of wanted to know more about the daughters in the future, and each year seemed to go so quickly, and then just when I was invested in that year and character's story, it jump to the previous year. 

Very interesting premise and I think it was written and executed well, I just wish there had been an epilogue in 2045 or something to give some closure to the open ended storylines.

itisnatal's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lou_myr's review against another edition

5.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laynazaubinde's review

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes