A review by andyourstruly
Peony in Love by Lisa See

emotional informative

3.25

It was well-written and well-researched, and I will be reading more of Lisa See in the future, but the story itself didn't really speak to me.  Very dramatic, very feminist (but in a historical way, not modern feminism projected onto characters in a historical setting), very ... poetic.  If you're interested in the transition between the Ming and Qing dynasty and what the roles and responsibilities of upperclass women (particularly in literature) were like, with a historical opera as the framing device and lots of superstition/cultural beliefs, then this will be a great book for you.