Book Review: Snow Flower & The Secret Fan

I finished Snow Flower & The Secret Fan last night. I think I read at least 150 pages as a total yesterday. I read like a mad woman when the Pest Guy was spraying the house and then I read like crazy for a while after I got home from work as well. I just want to say that this book started off really slow for me. The first 15 pages were really interesting and they lost me around page 16 to 50ish. And then? Oh boy! The story started to pick up and it was all interesting from that point forward. I loved every single moment of it! My imagination ran wild through the entire book and there were definitely parts of the story that almost brought me to tears. I thought it was an excellent read and I would recommend this book to anyone! The book is about two girls who are matched as laotong (old sames) in 19th Century China. The story goes through their difficult lives of growing up in China during these times. It speaks a lot of traditions and the husband / wife role. I thought it was really interesting, heart wrenching and enlightening all at the same time.