I didn't think I was going to get into this book to begin with but I'm glad I persevered. It was interestingly done, written from the POV from those whose lives were touched by Yao Ah Yan rather than from herPOV. It works well but I would have loved more of Yao Ah Yan's perspective too. The writing itself is beautiful, even if some of the content was disturbing. The translation was brilliantly done.