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maryehavens 's review for:
Dreams of Joy
by Lisa See
I really enjoyed Shanghai Girls but I’m abandoning this one on page 129. It might be because I’ve read a few “escape from my Communist situation” books recently (set in Korea and East Germany, respectively) or because Joy chose to go to China. It seems like the arc of this story will be another escape from Shanghai/China but they both volunteered to go there. I don’t know....I’m just not feeling it.
I read See’s end notes and apparently a famine is going to occur as well. My other two recent reads also had this aspect, which seem to be a typical tactic of political control for these countries. The Korean book was set during the Korean War so it was not just a political decision.
I like See’s work but it’s never anything that is “easy” to read, for example a gripping page turner, although Shanghai Girls was more of one. I have a mountain of books waiting for me so I’m going to keeping moving.
I read See’s end notes and apparently a famine is going to occur as well. My other two recent reads also had this aspect, which seem to be a typical tactic of political control for these countries. The Korean book was set during the Korean War so it was not just a political decision.
I like See’s work but it’s never anything that is “easy” to read, for example a gripping page turner, although Shanghai Girls was more of one. I have a mountain of books waiting for me so I’m going to keeping moving.