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Reader reviewed by abscae

I personally wouldn't recommend this to anyone under 14, I myself had to read it when I was 13 and I hated the experience. There are a lot of harsh topics discussed that might be inappropriate for younger readers.

Other than that, I thought the book itself was wonderful. Wang Lung himself was hard to like, but the themes and lessons portrayed through the novel were huge, and the way Pearl S. Buck portrays them, with her unique style, is just as cool.

This novel is basically about Wang Lung, a poor farmer that goes to get married one day. He is poor, and has to work a hard life, but life gives him profits. It's about the nature of human beings, and the point of life.

As the book draws to a close, one is truly able to see the full circle life is, and the many wonderful and not wonderful experiences it brings.