Raphael finds the novel to be "overly romantic" and the conclusion melodramatic. Lev Raphael's review is rather typical in this regard. Reviewers of Dragon Bones have tended to be somewhat ambivalent about it.
And there is also the painful journey of Hulan and David as they try to accept their daughter's death. With dead bodies turning up rather frequently, Hulan's task in solving these crimes is challenging. Another is concerned with Chinese archaeology and whether the men and women who work at the dig site are involved in the smuggling of antiquities. One involves the difficult task of finding out the true intentions of the All-Patriotic Society. The plot weaves together several story lines. They are especially interested in finding evidence that people in the area have maintained continuous culture for 5000 years. The archaeologists at the site are working frantically to find as many antiquities as they can before the dam is completed, flooding their dig site as well as many others. David is sent to the same site to find out how precious Chinese artifacts are being smuggled out of China. no matter how the outside world views the dam, inside China it will be there to remind the people of a sage emperor in other words, the current government, who serves the people by controlling the waters". She concludes her report by returning to the same idea: ".
In an NPR report, See emphasizes the potent symbolism of the Dam, alluding to a 4,000-year-old Chinese saying: "He who controls the water controls the people". Hulan is sent to an archaeological site near the construction of the massive 3 Gorges Dam project to investigate a suspicious death.
Hulan and David are brought together to work on the same case from different perspectives. The Chinese government opposes the Society as a threat to public order, an opinion that Hulan strongly shares. Hulan's inner turmoil is made even worse when she is forced to shoot and kill a woman at an All-Patriotic Society rally to save a young girl from being stabbed by her mother. Guilt and anguish have driven the lovers apart, unable to get past their mutual loss. Once again the protagonists Inspector Liu Hulan and Attorney David Stark return-this time as husband and wife.Īt the start of the novel, the couple mourns the death of their young daughter Chaowen. Dragon Bones by Lisa See (2003) is the third of the Red Princess mysteries, preceded by Flower Net and The Interior.
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