This story felt incredibly real. Scissors Paper Stone follows the lives of three women over several decades. The times, tragedy, cultural stereotypes, and personal choices affect each of these women in different ways.My favorite character was Catherine, and my favorite relationship was the mother-daughter one between Catherine and Min. Their struggle to understand and respect one another was, for me, the crux of the story. Mother-daughter relationships can be aggressive and dynamic and hurtful, and the reality of that is on full display in Scissors Paper Stone. I appreciate the author's ability to paint such a realistic picture of the turbulant relationships mothers and daughters can have.The back and forth between Min and Laura was also well done. Understanding attraction is difficult enough without adding the confusion of being attracted to your best friend. I loved their story and I'm happy the way their roles in each other's lives "ended" in the final pages.I highly recommend Scissors Paper Stone if you're looking for a complex look at family dynamics from the perspective of three complicated women wrapped in cultural issues that are a product of their time yet still very relevant today.