gxuosi 's review for:

Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

3.0

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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really just a morbid slice of life historical fiction book with a unique perspective on women's ailments and women physicians through late 1400s to mid 1500s in china. if you're squeamish, maybe avoid this one-especially if foot binding freaks you out. updated review addition: i can’t get over the asinine way things were translated to sound more “regal.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Murder