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A review by spikedscrubs
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
I am left nearly speechless as I finish this book. It is so well written, powerfully told, and the characters are incredibly real. You forget youare reading. You are present in the world Lisa See is weaving. It tells a poignant story of strong women, the power of female friendships, the pain and passion of motherhood, and the often times brutal reality of being female at any point in time.
I would have given it five stars if not for the brutality of how the traumatic events are described. I understand they are true history and that the events actually happened but they were so graphic it pulled me out of the mastery of the story. I had to step aside for a moment, catch my breath, recalibrate that the world was still spinning outside of the story. It isn’t the type of book you can recommend to just anyone as they need to have a certain amount of fortitude to withstand falling in love with these characters and deeply wanting good things for them, while palpably experiencing that trauma follows trauma follows trauma in their life. Historical fiction in the truest sense, this book will sit with me for a very long time.
I am left nearly speechless as I finish this book. It is so well written, powerfully told, and the characters are incredibly real. You forget youare reading. You are present in the world Lisa See is weaving. It tells a poignant story of strong women, the power of female friendships, the pain and passion of motherhood, and the often times brutal reality of being female at any point in time.
I would have given it five stars if not for the brutality of how the traumatic events are described. I understand they are true history and that the events actually happened but they were so graphic it pulled me out of the mastery of the story. I had to step aside for a moment, catch my breath, recalibrate that the world was still spinning outside of the story. It isn’t the type of book you can recommend to just anyone as they need to have a certain amount of fortitude to withstand falling in love with these characters and deeply wanting good things for them, while palpably experiencing that trauma follows trauma follows trauma in their life. Historical fiction in the truest sense, this book will sit with me for a very long time.