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A review by bags_and_bookz
A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling
4.0
Thank you Netgalley, Amazon Crossing and Zhang Ling for free e-ARC in return of my honest review.
This is a story of a young Chinese girl through the eyes of three men who loved her. Three men - Pastor Billy, brash gunner’s mate Ian Ferguson, and local soldier Liu Zhaohu - agreed that their souls would meet in a Chinese village of their youth each year on the anniversary of the Japanese emperor surrender in 1945 after death. Seventy years later, the pledge is fulfilled and they exchange stories about the girl.
I found approach to tell her story through men eyes very interesting. The story line is not linear which gives the novel a special charm. I think all main characters are well developed throughout the story. The only thing I wished for is the girl’s, Swallow, perspective on the events of her life. I wish I could see deeper into her own story without middlemen.
This is a story of a young Chinese girl through the eyes of three men who loved her. Three men - Pastor Billy, brash gunner’s mate Ian Ferguson, and local soldier Liu Zhaohu - agreed that their souls would meet in a Chinese village of their youth each year on the anniversary of the Japanese emperor surrender in 1945 after death. Seventy years later, the pledge is fulfilled and they exchange stories about the girl.
I found approach to tell her story through men eyes very interesting. The story line is not linear which gives the novel a special charm. I think all main characters are well developed throughout the story. The only thing I wished for is the girl’s, Swallow, perspective on the events of her life. I wish I could see deeper into her own story without middlemen.