Take a photo of a barcode or cover
johnsolo27 's review for:
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
I don't normally review the books I read for book club but this one was powerful. Most of the time for historical fiction books for book club I find them overly depressing and sad. There are incredibly painful moments in this book but it is also very moving and has amazing strong female characters. I had never heard of this island and their matriarchal society. I wanted to learn everything about the haenyeo, how they came to be and how their diving worked. The friendship between Mi-ja and Young-sook is powerful and complicated and even now I find myself thinking about it randomly, long after I've finished the book. There is just so much packed into this book to ponder: friendship, loyalty, forgiveness, culture, family. Really I could talk about this book for hours. I would definitely suggest this for a book club, or just for yourself to learn about a different part of the world.