Reaction to the book

I thought the book Red Scarf Girl was an ok book. I personally thought that it was a little boring and left the reader very confused many times. I learned a lot from this book. This was a life story of an actual person so I could really understand how it was for the people in China. While I was reading this I thought about what I would have done if I was in the situation Ji-Li. Many of the things that were done seemed a little bit crazy. I honestly did not enjoy this book. Even though I learned a decent amount I felt like it was a burden to read. It was very slow and described many things that were not something that needed a lot of descriptions. There were many other things that needed a lot more description and that is why it was confusing in many places. Some parts of the book also did not seem realistic. At some points in the book I felt like I was reading a fiction book. I would not recommend this book unless you are just reading it for the historical information or the understanding of how people lived back then. From this project I learned that in order to really learn something you need to do continuos  research and not only on the history but also on current events. The broader the research is the more information you will find and the more you will learn.