The Good Earth

The language is all very “time driven”... appropriate (if can call it that) for the period in time that it was written. But not appropriate, even offensive, for today.

I knew this book only by title, and that it was considered a classic. I didn't realize until I started the book that it was a book about Chinese people, so that was a surprise to me. I also think that there might be more books in this series, so I will have to look for those.

The story itself was very good. It seems rather “distant”, disconnected, factual, non-emotional, but you end up feeling for the characters of the book. You become invested in them, in a way you that you won't think you will, the way the story is being told.