The Calligrapher's Daughter

I enjoy these sweeping sagas. I don't really stay interested in most historical fiction, but Asian history keeps me engaged.

Taking place in Korea during the first half of the 1900s, basically the entirety of Japan's rule over Korea. I loved the relationship between Najin and her mother, but the heavy handed Christian-ness was a turn off. Though I do understand the missionaries invaded and smothered Koreans in their religion heavily during this time, I probably could have done with less religion speak. It started to feel like an advertisement for religion. As if the book itself was a missionary trying to force Christianity onto the reader.