A review by moonelle
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

4.0

A heart wrenching story of friendship, loss, betrayal and forgiveness. I would have liked to have had a warning for the graphic death of a child because I was not expecting it at all and was deeply affected and had to stop and sob for a long time. There’s a part of me that’s angry that it’s in there at all and another part that knows it was there to stay true to the history and horrors of Jeju. It was clear the history was well-researched and for that history to be told is important. I just had no idea going into this book that that was what I’d be reading. There are actually many, many deaths but one is incredibly disturbing.