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clairesle 's review for:
Four Treasures of the Sky
by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Trigger warning: the book contains sex trafficking, sexual harassment, and racially-based hate crimes. The disgusting crimes of the past have so many parallels in the present. This book hit a little too disturbingly close to home as an Asian-American. I don't think I'll be re-reading this one anytime soon because of that very reason.
All of this to say, however, this book is hauntingly brilliant. Left a hole in my heart and a pit in my stomach. I wish it had a different ending, but I am glad that Jenny Tinghui Zhang didn't sugar-coat the past. Kudos to the author. I was well aware of the Chinese Exclusion Act and the hatred that Chinese immigrants experienced in the late 19th century, but experiencing it fr the firsthand POV of JTZ's characters was a whole new experience.
All of this to say, however, this book is hauntingly brilliant. Left a hole in my heart and a pit in my stomach. I wish it had a different ending, but I am glad that Jenny Tinghui Zhang didn't sugar-coat the past. Kudos to the author. I was well aware of the Chinese Exclusion Act and the hatred that Chinese immigrants experienced in the late 19th century, but experiencing it fr the firsthand POV of JTZ's characters was a whole new experience.