back2lovingbooksmore 's review for:

Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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One of my favorite books, I think this should be required reading in schools because it’s so informative about older history and the roles women played in it, and it emphasizes the importance of love and solidarity between women, no matter their status

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent

Minor: Sexual violence, Torture

Very graphic miscarriage