punav says
I like Amy tan's "The bonesetters daughther" this book is also i nice read. I havent read "Joy luck club" but looks like common thing between these books is they talk abut relation between mother n daughther .
posted 4 days ago
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b. anne says
I read this book many years ago, probably when it first came out. I do remember it was about the relationships between the Mothers and Daughters, but honestly not much else. Well, last night the movie was on TV. I cired through most of it. Geez, I'll never watch that again.
posted 8 days ago
selina c says
Personally, I think Kitchen God's Wife is Amy's best, with the China setting, and not too many characters/narrators and time jumps (the main problem of reading Joy Luck Club as a novel). For those who find it confusing, consider that 'The Joy Luck Club' was originally concieved as a collection of short stories, and is best read and appreciated in that way. Question for everyone - which story or character(s) are your favourite?I relate to the daughters, (because I am a one myself, an immigrant's daughter) I found Waverly was the most annoying. Rose was a pushover, June was too self-deprecating, and Lena naive.. But I love them all. I never fail to cry over Rose's story.
posted 3 weeks ago
uplandpoet says
wow! which, I would say read them all, i have read all i could get my hands on and loved everyone, the joy luck club was the only one i struggled with. kitchen god, bonesetter, and hundred secret senses are all i have read, but will get to the others and no doubt be happy about it!
posted Monday, May 19 2008
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blklacquer says
I thought it was a bit confusing myself, I felt like I should start over from the beginning. But it is a good read, as a daughter I can relate to some of the relationships. I did pick up a few quotes that I kept. This is my first time reading Amy Tan, I think I will try her other books. Which do you think is best?
vanessa c says
This was one of my favorite books EVER. It is so illustrative of cultural diversity and how strong different views are and how eruptive they can become even among family members. If cultural/religious views can disrupt family, imagine how it is destroying ties among different nations (America & the Middle East, the Middle East and Israel)...
posted Monday, April 14 2008
sasha s says
The book was well written and gave a great insight into Chinese culture; however, I felt as if many of themes in the book were cliche and redundant.
posted Sunday, February 17 2008
gigi d says
this book really shows the cultural divide between parents from somewhere else ( than the countries where they live) and their children who were born in the countries of their residence. I have this "problem" with my last two children ( I have four) who were both born in Manila but grew up in the French West Indies. They're french and I'm still a Filipina.......
posted Friday, December 28 2007
tiffany s says
I enjoyed this book...and the various, complicated relationship these women experienced. No matter what culture or background you're from, you can relate to their dilemmas. On a side note: don't you just want to shake Waverly?
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