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I wish the pacing was a little faster. Also the author loves switching from one POV to another with almost every chapter. Makes for slightly choppy reading, and you have to really remember each character’s relation to one of the main characters! Glad the cocktail party finally started! It took the author close to hundred pages for a main event to start! I’ll keep you posted!

Amy Tan is a wonderful writer, but to be truthful, I’m finding this story really sad and somewhat depressing. It also reminds me of a book I read many years ago, also about a girl forced into prostitution and, in order to survive, she found a way to dissociate herself from her feelings and the life that she had to live.

I can’t put this book down!