Girls on the Line

My mom picked this up and LOVED IT and kept bugging me to read it and I did and I'm like......struggling to understand because I wouldn't really urge anyone to read this? The #OwnVoices portrayal of contemporary-ish (it's set in 2009) China is interesting and detailed, but overall it felt to me like it would be best used in a classroom, alongside nonfiction instruction about Chinese law and culture. It felt like it was doing a lot of telling about life in the factories and the harsh applications of the Family Planning laws, with less showing about the characters. IDK, definitely interesting story content but for me the execution left me a little cold. But, my mom would give it 5 stars.