A review by algae429
Empress by Shan Sa

3.0

I loved the poetry of the language, but the timing of telling the story was odd. A long time was spent on her birth, but I felt the years of her marriage to Little Phoenix were rushed and then a long time was spent on her dying days. A lot of time was spent explaining how she felt old but that she kept busy, with hardly any indication of how she was keeping busy or what changes she was making to China.

She sounds fascinating, but I felt like I still don't understand very much about her.