73pctGeek reviewed Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang
Not actually that captivating
3 stars
Little Flower, an intelligent, industrious, and dexterous girl, is sold to the wealthy Fong household, and finds life as a slave to the petulant and selfish Linjing intolerable. The novel traces the course of their relationship as it follows them from childhood through to marriageable age.
Didn’t care for this. One protagonist is utterly unlikeable, the other is so willing to martyr herself it beggars belief. A quite sad and depressing read which also felt like a rehash of parts of other books I’ve read in the past. Not for me.