Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel

Informative as to that era in China. Ongoing drama with repetitive details that gets somewhat stale after a few chapters. It's about women dealing with rules against women. Not much interest for guys I think.

I felt like there was a great mystery by empowered women that was hidden by far too many details and characters that made it feel more like a slog.

Fascinating look at a society I don’t know enough about. It was difficult to get I to the perspective of the character at times. To understand the motivations when telling us about such horrific practices. But it was worth it. And to know she was a true historical figure we know near nothing about!

Such an eye opening story and great read. I'm very grateful for the time and culture I live, and the freedoms and equality women have now. Women are amazing and selfless and have always been.

What a beautiful, sweeping novel - completely immersive (*completed this read in a few days) and written with such delicacy and poignancy - this story of deep courage, quiet resilience and the intricacies of female friendship of Yunchian and Meiling will stay with me for reads to come...