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Dreams of Joy
by Lisa See
I had wondered if Lisa See was planning to follow [b:Shanghai Girls|5960325|Shanghai Girls|Lisa See|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570412s/5960325.jpg|5991850] up with a sequel, what with the sudden twist at the ending, and sure enough that's what this book is.
Unfortunately for me, Joy really got on my nerves for most of this. I didn't like her terribly much in Shanghai Girls, and this picks up right from where that leaves off so it takes a long time for her to grow up. She makes some horribly poor decisions in here that everyone else can see from a mile away is stupid, which made her chapters for the first half of this novel painful to read. Towards the second half, as she grows and learns, I begin to really enjoy her narratives. In the end, she turned out to be a pretty strong and resourceful character, it just took her some time to get to that point.
Pearl, as with the first book, I was really able to sympathize with easily and was very impressed by her bravery in returning to China in order to find Joy. I was happy to see that this sequel stuck with the idea of strong women that
It was really interesting to read more about the tumultuous years with the Great Leap Forward and the famine in China. This wasn't a subject I was familiar with, so it really led to some fascinating reading.
Unfortunately for me, Joy really got on my nerves for most of this. I didn't like her terribly much in Shanghai Girls, and this picks up right from where that leaves off so it takes a long time for her to grow up. She makes some horribly poor decisions in here that everyone else can see from a mile away is stupid, which made her chapters for the first half of this novel painful to read. Towards the second half, as she grows and learns, I begin to really enjoy her narratives. In the end, she turned out to be a pretty strong and resourceful character, it just took her some time to get to that point.
Pearl, as with the first book, I was really able to sympathize with easily and was very impressed by her bravery in returning to China in order to find Joy. I was happy to see that this sequel stuck with the idea of strong women that
It was really interesting to read more about the tumultuous years with the Great Leap Forward and the famine in China. This wasn't a subject I was familiar with, so it really led to some fascinating reading.