China Dolls
by Lisa See
This novel was definitely a miss for me--I guess nothing will live up to Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. The premise of the novel was promising (hence why I requested it for LibraryThing's Early Reviewers) and I love the historical time period...BUT...these girls seem to despise each other.
The early chapters are filled with rude remarks to each other (and snarky thoughts about each other); and then, to help the plot-line along, since they have to be friends, the girls just think/say, "Well, we have to stick together anyway, so it is what it is" <--paraphrase, obviously. Because these girls are so derogatory about each other, it made me unsympathetic to their plights and I did not care what happened to them.
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