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A review by readunderthestars23
The Walled City by Ryan Graudin
4.0
I got a copy of The Walled City from the library because I really liked Wolf by Wolf when I read it last month. I wanted to see if I’d like this too.
The Walled City is based on or inspired by an actual walled city in Korea that I’ve never heard of before reading this book. It sounds like it was a horrible place to live. Even the city from the book was horrible and it was fiction. I don’t want to think what the real city was like.
Jin Ling was such a brave girl to run away from home at a young age (I can’t remember how old any of the characters were) to save her sister. Jin is forced to live on the streets and fight every day to survive. But she refuses to give up until she finds her sister. I guess growing up with her father made Jin Ling tough at a young age.
Mei Yee was sold into a brothel and has witnessed some really horrible things. She was warned from the first day that there was no escape so she has resigned herself to her new life. Until she meets her window boy.
Then there’s Dai who has made some bad decisions and they landed him in the Walled City. He has a task to do and he only has so many days left to do it in.
The way their lives connect is kind of cheesy at first but it kind of made sense too. They all have a reason to be in the same brothel and like the saying goes, it’s a small world.
I liked The Walled City a lot. Especially because I learned about a place I’d never heard of before. I’ve liked both books that Ryan Graudin has written so far and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.
The Walled City is based on or inspired by an actual walled city in Korea that I’ve never heard of before reading this book. It sounds like it was a horrible place to live. Even the city from the book was horrible and it was fiction. I don’t want to think what the real city was like.
Jin Ling was such a brave girl to run away from home at a young age (I can’t remember how old any of the characters were) to save her sister. Jin is forced to live on the streets and fight every day to survive. But she refuses to give up until she finds her sister. I guess growing up with her father made Jin Ling tough at a young age.
Mei Yee was sold into a brothel and has witnessed some really horrible things. She was warned from the first day that there was no escape so she has resigned herself to her new life. Until she meets her window boy.
Then there’s Dai who has made some bad decisions and they landed him in the Walled City. He has a task to do and he only has so many days left to do it in.
The way their lives connect is kind of cheesy at first but it kind of made sense too. They all have a reason to be in the same brothel and like the saying goes, it’s a small world.
I liked The Walled City a lot. Especially because I learned about a place I’d never heard of before. I’ve liked both books that Ryan Graudin has written so far and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.