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A review by emilyusuallyreading
The Interior by Lisa See
3.0
What I Liked
I did like The Interior more than I did The Flower Net. The concept of Hulan working undercover in a Chinese sweatshop had me fascinated, as well as the convenient suicides of the women who became injured in the factory.
What I Didn't Like
The Red Princess trilogy was Lisa See's first attempt at fiction-writing, and this shows too much. The character development is weak. Huge amounts of backstory or relational context are dumped in pages and a lot is "told" rather than "shown" about Hulan, etc. by extra characters.
I did like The Interior more than I did The Flower Net. The concept of Hulan working undercover in a Chinese sweatshop had me fascinated, as well as the convenient suicides of the women who became injured in the factory.
What I Didn't Like
The Red Princess trilogy was Lisa See's first attempt at fiction-writing, and this shows too much. The character development is weak. Huge amounts of backstory or relational context are dumped in pages and a lot is "told" rather than "shown" about Hulan, etc. by extra characters.