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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
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medium-paced
Một cuốn hồi kí ghi lại những câu chuyện về cuộc đời của phụ nữ Trung Quốc, những người đã sống sót qua cách mạng văn hóa và thời kì sau đó. Hic thương thay cho số phận của những người phụ nữ thời đó :( Đằng sau nỗi đau đó mình nghĩ họ đều là những người phụ nữ mạnh mẽ dù đã bị tổn thương quá nhiều bởi xã hội và thời đại. Vì họ còn sống tiếp khi mang trên mình những tổn thương về thể xác và tinh thần.
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hopeful
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inspiring
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Heartbreaking, but hard to put down.
I got emotional reading this book, literally. Some stories are so deep that it's impossible not to be touched by them. Xinran is a skilled writer that knows how to lead us to this unknown world, which is as fascinating as scarying.
As a Chinese woman herself and a successful journalist, she is knowledgeable and familiar with the culture. Nevertheless, we are presented to many stories that were unbelievably heartbroken, even for her.
From my perspective, the beauty of Xinran's report is precisely the way she respects all the stories, by not being judgmental about those women who already face a hostile-male-dominated world. She is kind and sympathetic.
Xinran's boldness is impressive to say the least. I wish I was that brave and perspicuous.
As a Chinese woman herself and a successful journalist, she is knowledgeable and familiar with the culture. Nevertheless, we are presented to many stories that were unbelievably heartbroken, even for her.
From my perspective, the beauty of Xinran's report is precisely the way she respects all the stories, by not being judgmental about those women who already face a hostile-male-dominated world. She is kind and sympathetic.
Xinran's boldness is impressive to say the least. I wish I was that brave and perspicuous.
不是中国好女人，而是中国女人在文革。我对这本书抱有很大的希望，可惜作者讲了很多故事，却缺乏深层次的探讨。另外，作者对non fiction的理解有一些问题。
what I liked:
Through the stories of the women you learn how Chinese think (thought) and what defines (defined) them.
Superficial I also liked that Xinran gave a voice to all the silent chinese women and gave me a Knowledge about a history I never heared about.
(Why only superficial comes later)
what I missed:
...were characters and tones over the Pinyin (at least the tones).
Maybe not so important for others but I missed it.
what I couldn't handle:
Rape.
And not just one... so many I didn't even Count it.
And not just telling that the women got raped, abused and so on, she wrote about the "during" and the "after", what happened, how it happened, and about the Feelings and thoughts of the woman the rape is about.
At some I started to skip these Scenes - they still haunts me.
summed up:
This book is important and teach so much.
It brings awareness to a culture, many only have prejudices about.
I just can't recommend it to everybody, because the stories really get graphic.
You have to know, if you can handle it.
Through the stories of the women you learn how Chinese think (thought) and what defines (defined) them.
Superficial I also liked that Xinran gave a voice to all the silent chinese women and gave me a Knowledge about a history I never heared about.
(Why only superficial comes later)
what I missed:
...were characters and tones over the Pinyin (at least the tones).
Maybe not so important for others but I missed it.
what I couldn't handle:
Rape.
And not just one... so many I didn't even Count it.
And not just telling that the women got raped, abused and so on, she wrote about the "during" and the "after", what happened, how it happened, and about the Feelings and thoughts of the woman the rape is about.
At some I started to skip these Scenes - they still haunts me.
summed up:
This book is important and teach so much.
It brings awareness to a culture, many only have prejudices about.
I just can't recommend it to everybody, because the stories really get graphic.
You have to know, if you can handle it.
"The Chinese say, 'In this world, there is no love without a reason, there is no hate without a cause.' How could I explain the thought behind my gift to her, when I could not explain it to myself?".
"That's right, but survival was disaster for all of us".
"Some people say that time heals everything, but it hasn't healed me".
"Poverty gives rise to a desire for change".
"As the saying goes, 'For a hundred people there are a hundred beliefs'. In fact, you could say that there is no real belief at all".
"As the wise men and sages of classical China said, 'Everything competes for its place, and Fate chooses".
"Chinese men say that strong women are the fashion these days - but women believe that "behind every successful woman, there is a man who causes her pain'".
"Some say that women always have to sacrifice emotion to success".
"That's right, but survival was disaster for all of us".
"Some people say that time heals everything, but it hasn't healed me".
"Poverty gives rise to a desire for change".
"As the saying goes, 'For a hundred people there are a hundred beliefs'. In fact, you could say that there is no real belief at all".
"As the wise men and sages of classical China said, 'Everything competes for its place, and Fate chooses".
"Chinese men say that strong women are the fashion these days - but women believe that "behind every successful woman, there is a man who causes her pain'".
"Some say that women always have to sacrifice emotion to success".
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment