I was actually really surprised by this book. I struggled to get into this book to start off with and was ready to give it up but then suddenly it started to flow for me and I got really invested in Ah Mei and Hassan’s life. It really brings home the injustices that women went through no matter the culture, some worse than others. Ah Mei was quite naive for a long time about what was going on in that house but it’s hard for me to completely understand how sheltered she would have been. 
I like that the spirits are reaching out and in their way they are trying to protect the girls that are in danger next and the social injustices that are represented in this book.