Good book

Love it

I kept re-reading my favorite parts. I absolutely love this book.

I like it!

Entertaining story of David being so bad.

I love how Dog Man helped Cat Kid.

A fun, fast-paced read!

This book gave me a history lesson on South Korea's past and the dangers of a tyrant. The story follows two characters, one trying to save her sister and the other trying to remove his tyrannical brother from the throne. They work together to meet their goals, and in the process they also fall in love. I loved how their love developed despite the treacherous environment led by the king, and how it did not feel rushed.

Shan Sa weaves a haunting tale that highlights the horrors of war and the casual acceptability of misogyny in China and Japan during the early 1900s. The story is told from two perspectives, one of a disaffected Japanese soldier who is part of an invasion of mainland China, and one of a Chinese young woman who privately rebels against the cultural norms of her time and finds solace by playing Go against strangers. Although these two are on opposite sides of an unjust conflict, it is safe to say that Shan's message is that in prolonged war, there are few winners. This story is both darkly comedic and deeply tragic, at times both difficult to read and at others impossible to put down.

Cool book; my favorite part when she was using her watch as a magic 8 ball.