Big Sister Little Sister Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang

BATB score: 4.8/10 👹

Too crazy lengthy and too comprehensive for any lighthearted historian 😖

Best to: know that it's an extremely detailed biography of the three Soong sisters - one loved money, one loved power, and one loved her country - from childhood to deathbed; and the many characters and extended family members in between 💃💃💃

Best for: how the hell did Jung Chang write up such a downright account of the Soong sisters? Inclusive of feelings and inner thoughts of such personas? It's like Chang had a spy-cam monitoring their lives.

Best for: anyone pursuing a master degree in Chinese literature / history or the socio / political dilemmas of China vs Taiwan

Best as: a history book on how the Soong sisters lead the biggest corruption, the Mao's communism, and Taiwan nationalism through who they married