![]() ![]() Young-sook and her best friend Mi-ja are haenyeo – female divers – and See’s exploration of this culture is as thorough as ever. I think my main issue was with the protagonist, Young-sook (whose name I just had to look up even though I finished this book only two days ago, so that’s never a good sign). I wouldn’t say there’s anything ostensibly wrong with this book, and it’s not exactly a radical departure from the rest of See’s historical fiction: it follows a friendship between two women against the backdrop of a turbulent period in East Asian history (though here the setting is the Korean Jeju Island instead of See’s usual China).īut despite the tried and true blueprint whose familiarity should have been comforting, I really struggled to get invested in The Island of Sea Women. It took me over three months to finish this book, and it wasn’t for a lack of interest in the author this was my seventh Lisa See novel and interestingly, not even my least favorite. ![]()
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