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A review by reneeteoh
Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
6 short stories:
- Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier
- Jasmine Tea
- Love in a fallen city
- The Golden Cangue
- Sealed Off
- Red Rose, White Rose
All were pleasant to read, love the stories, definitely flawed and troubled characters, but got a glimpsed of 1900s Shanghai and Hong Kong. How chinese families used to function, the lives of women at that time. 6 different stories of love: toxic, sad, complicated, happy at one point and then it gets taken away
- Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier
- Jasmine Tea
- Love in a fallen city
- The Golden Cangue
- Sealed Off
- Red Rose, White Rose
All were pleasant to read, love the stories, definitely flawed and troubled characters, but got a glimpsed of 1900s Shanghai and Hong Kong. How chinese families used to function, the lives of women at that time. 6 different stories of love: toxic, sad, complicated, happy at one point and then it gets taken away