A review by sewfarsewgood
The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China by Huan Hsu

emotional informative slow-paced

3.0

an interesting book which gives a good insight into Chinese history from a personal point of view and was told in a conversational easy to read style. However this book could be very confusing with regards to who is whom as many members of his family are referred to by their familial name (akin to auntie or grandma) but not distinguished as to which auntie it is that he's talking about. Also as I've seen mentioned in reviews before the ending is quite disappointing as there is no concrete answer as to whether the family's porcelain is still there or not. A great look into history and to learn more about porcelain but is the sort of book that would benefit from you making notes while reading it.