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  • Eric B
    3 of 3 members found this review helpful.
    • Rated 0 stars

    this book sucks....tommaso is a stud muffin...

    Eric B wrote this review Wednesday, September 17 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • Lord Manleigh
    3 of 4 members found this review helpful.
    • Rated 2 stars

    Chinese women suffer at the hands of men and triumph over adversity. It's "The Color Purple" meets "I Remember Mama" done up in chinoiserie.

    Lord Manleigh wrote this review Wednesday, April 16 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • Npicholas
    1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
    • Rated 1 stars

    I had to read it for school otherwise I would not have read it. I dose not have a plot, it is just a bunch of stories being told by different chinese reading. I would not suggest it.

    Npicholas wrote this review Saturday, August 2 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • Khue Khue T
    • Rated 5 stars

    erg mooi boek dat beschrijft de verschillende generaties chinese vrouwen, hun levenservaringen en vooral de verlangen die de mama's voor hun dochters hebben spreekt me erg aan, ik heb de film ervan gezien ik heb de hele film zakdoekjes gebruikt zowat...
    kortom erg ontroerend!!!

    Khue Khue T wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • JOYCHEN!
    • Rated 5 stars

    I don't care for the criticisms that are given to this book . I loved it and it's not just because I am chinese but the book held such a strong meaning . It went deep down into the tragic lives of the mothers and how they escaped it . The mother-daughter relationship is unbalanced which is definitely relatable . The tragic stories got so emotional that I had to put it down for a while and think . The only bad part was that there were a lot of point of views so I had to flip back and forth through the chapters but other than that, I really reccomend it . I personally adore it (=

    JOYCHEN! wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • KELLY E
    • Rated 5 stars

    I really enjoyed reading this book because the book was a story as a whole, but broken up into different stories where each mother and daughter share their memories. At first, when I got confused because the characters that were telling the stories were changing constantly. Later, I got used to these changing characters. One of the reasons why I like this book is because I get to read about many adventures and experiences while reading one book.
    The stories that I really liked were those that are about the daughters when they were children. One of these stories was called The Moon Lady by Ying-Ying St. Clair. This story was about St. Clair's mischeviousness while spending time with her family on a boat during thier trip to see the Moon Lady. I think this story is so memorable because I was interested to see what would happen to the main character when she escaped from her family, or when the fisherman caught her. I found this story very entertaining, and this story also had a very unique storyline.

    KELLY E wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Gale K
    • Rated 3 stars

    A good book about relationships. Although it revolved around Chinese culture there was much to learned about mother daughter relationships. It was a bit difficult to follow, I had to keep going back and forth to keep up. That was annoying, but I was committed to finishing this book.

    Gale K wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • IZABELA B
    • Rated 0 stars

    "They Joy Luck Club" is a story about a group of women who are connected and related by their family tradition, which is the club they have all joined. However, they dont consider it to be a club, only a part of their life. The four Asian women and their daughters continue living their lives as they would every day, experiencing life changing situations such as having to leave their family and every day life in order to join a sanctuary with women. I felt that this was the turning point of the whole story because from basic knowledge, men and women were treated and considered differently under the dictatorship of a current leader. What happens was the girls, when they matured, were sent to a place where women had a choice and right. This sanctuary was their only place for hope and where they could practice their rights and prove to be women of Asian. Overall, i would not recommend this book to people or any teenagers because it is mainly based on factual and historical events, making it boring after a while, or just really in depth. It was not necessarily a waste of time, however, it was not one of the better books i have read about Asian culture and the disregards they possess.

    IZABELA B wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Beautiful Gate of Heavenly Moisture Number Six
    • Rated 0 stars

    i could really relate to this story.

    Beautiful Gate of Heavenly Moisture Number Six wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Tara O
    • Rated 0 stars

    I LOVED this book! As a half-Asian American who grew up in San Francisco with her Asian American mother, I really connected with both the settings, and the characters. Amy Tan manages to really capture the essence of mother-daughter relationships within her novels, expressing them in short and poignant vignettes that stretch from modern California to 1930's China.

    This is an absolutely beautiful book that really strips the essence of familial relationships down to its core, and I recommend it for everyone!

    Tara O wrote this review 4 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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