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Title: The Joy Luck ClubAuthor: Amy Tan
Published: 1989
Language: English
Pages: 352
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
Set in both China and America, traveling from the 1920's to the 80's, we explore the history, culture and story of four Chinese mothers and their four daughters.
This was a really interesting book and I'm so glad I finally got around to reading it.
There are some things I absolutely loved about this book and some I didn't. My favorite parts where the ones where the mothers are looking back at their time growing up in China and telling their stories; I felt like we were truly transported back in time and got a really good look at place, characters and culture. I also love how this book explores the relationship between mothers and daughters and the cultural differences between them.
I think the writing is really good as well and there are some phrases that I read over and over because they felt really powerful. My biggest complaint though, is that I had a hard time differentiating some of the characters. We read from seven different viewpoints and some of them are really difficult to tell apart, perhaps especially the daughters, and that kept pulling me out of the book because I spent a lot of time trying to figure out who this person was again.
Despite its faults, I do think this is a book that will stay with me and that I'll keep thinking about, and I think it's definitely worth the read.
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