Lisa See
Hardcover | Pages: 273 pages Rating: 3.6 | 41819 Users | 4421 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Peony in Love |
| ISBN: | 140006466X (ISBN13: 9781400064663) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Hangzhou,1665(China) |
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5/1/14 EDIT: Sooo I stopped checking comments for months, and I come back to either rage or agreement with regard to my review. All I have to say is THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD. Also, if you're on the fence about whether or not to continue reading this book, don't read this review unless you're set on quitting. Okay? Okay. Onwards to the actual review! ************* I just couldn't finish it. And I tried. Really, really tried. Even after studying Chinese history extensively in college, I'm usually not very picky about the books that I read. I don't really care about the accuracy or the sequence of events, as long as it's a good story. But maybe it's the cheesy title. Or maybe it's just too girly. Or maybe, just maybe, the fact that this foolish girl starved herself to death because of lovesickness was the last kick in the butt my usually sleepy (yet very existent) inner feminist could endure before waking and wanting to punch someone. I have enough idiots in my life to deal with. Please don't make me deal with more in my head. Granted, the book does somewhat cleverly depict the Chinese afterlife, but the rest was so blah and a little insulting to my intelligence and femininity. If I rolled my eyes any harder while reading this book, I would have fallen out of my chair. I may return to skim through the pages again to finish but probably not anytime soon.Declare Based On Books Peony in Love
| Title | : | Peony in Love |
| Author | : | Lisa See |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 273 pages |
| Published | : | June 26th 2007 by Random House (first published 2007) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. China. Romance. Asia. Literature. Asian Literature |
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Ratings: 3.6 From 41819 Users | 4421 ReviewsEvaluation Based On Books Peony in Love
I don't think I will ever forget the details of this book. Written by Lisa See (SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN) I was expecting a lot. Reading the author's notes after finishing the book cinched the 5 star rating. Realizing the amount of truth and actual history was astonishing.This strangely beautiful love story, set in 17th century China, could also be a ghost story, or a story of women's liberation. It had so many layers it is hard to categorize. Peony's story mirrors that of the Chinese5/1/14 EDIT: Sooo I stopped checking comments for months, and I come back to either rage or agreement with regard to my review. All I have to say is THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD. Also, if you're on the fence about whether or not to continue reading this book, don't read this review unless you're set on quitting. Okay? Okay. Onwards to the actual review!*************I just couldn't finish it. And I tried. Really, really tried. Even after studying Chinese history extensively in college, I'm usually not
I read this book by accident, knew nothing about it, never read the author before and the book was there for the taking so I took it. It takes place in 17th century China. and describes the life of a 15 year old girl named Peony, in a affluent family, educated, cloistered and in love with the opera, The Peony Pavilion which I hope I can also get a copy of to read. Some would consider it a love story , some a coming of age, others fantasy , and also a ghost story. To me it was historical fiction
A friend recommended I read this book, possibly because she knows I am interested in Chinese history. I did skip right through it so that I could talk to her about it. Syrupy romances and ghost stories are way out of my reading range. But the depictions of the lives and values of wealthy Chinese families, especially this female view, are fascinating if horrifying. Almost every day I am consciously aware of how fortunate I am to be a woman in a society like Australia, where women are still not
Sections of the book I found both beautiful and sad."I was adamant that my poems not be found, but I didn't have the strength of will to set fire to them. Too many women burn their words in a fit of thinking them not worthy, only to regret it later"."When a girl falls into marriage, she exhales her beauty, and loses forever her romantic image. She still has many obligations to fulfill-giving birth to sons, honoring her husband's ancestors, becoming a chaste widow-but she has already begun her
Set in 17th-century China, Sees fifth novel is a coming-of-age story, a ghost story, a family saga and a work of musical and social history. As Peony, the 15-year-old daughter of the wealthy Chen family, approaches an arranged marriage, she commits an unthinkable breach of etiquette when she accidentally comes upon a man who has entered the family garden. Unusually for a girl of her time, Peony has been educated and revels in studying The Peony Pavilion, a real opera published in 1598, as the
Peony in Love by Lisa SeePublished by Random House TradeGoodread's Rating: 3.60/5My Rating: 4.07/5"... a husband is a sun; a wife is a moon. The sun does not change in its fullness, but a woman waxes and wanes. Men act on their wills; women act on their feelings. Men initiate and women endure. This is why men visit the outside realm, while women remain inside."This book opens to a story of Peony, the only daughter who is two days away from her sweet sixteen, lives in a grand villa and would be
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