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kimveach's review
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This was a terrific multi-generation historical fiction book. The history of the Chinese-Japanese War and the Civil War that followed it was new to me. And I think this might be the first book I've read with a setting in Taiwan.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Racial slurs, War, Violence, and Vomit
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