The Kitchen God's Wife

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Summary: A study of the Chinese culture toward the new generation
Review: The Kitchen God's Wife is not only the insistent storytelling, but the details of Chinese life and their own special traditions; not only how people lived, but how their sensibility cover all the notably little stories. The Kitchen God, a name that you can really find out in the Chinese belief from Taoism. A common poor young man who gets its god position because of a brzzard reason, stupid enough that you will laugh your stomach until breaks into half. Becuase of this country story which can be the best refer to how Amy Tan use it as a skill to develop it can creats her own little fantasy. It is an absorbing narrative of Winnie Louie's life, which she tells--offers--as a gift to her daughter Pearl. Much happens in the telling; a long held secrets are revealed, and a family's myths are transfered ceremoniously to the next gerneration. Amy Tan returns to the richly textured world of the California's immigrant Chinese with its brilliant taspestry of characteristic in multifarious emotions, over sea toward to America and starts a new page of a deep Chinese human touch. She is a wonderful writer with rare power reach to the botton of people's heart. Mark Lin

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Summary: Wonderful...
Review: Amy Tan is better known for The Joy Luck Club than this book, but I will always love The Kitchen God's Wife - it is so beautifully realistic in its depiction of both the surroundings and the emotions. Simply move the locale from China to Malaysia and you have the story of a close female relative of mine, so the book really hit home. The sketches of Chinese-American families were just close enough to stereotype to be funny, but so real that I had tears in my eyes along with the laughter. This is one of the few books I bothered to buy in hardcover - it certainly takes a beating from repeated readings.

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Summary: This Book was one of the few books I've liked in high school
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book because not only did Amy Tans writting capture me completely but the story seemed very realistic and alive. I loved it.

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Summary: Best book I've read all year!
Review: A touching story of a mother revealing her past and life to her adult daughter. You'll read paragraphs that make you laugh and pages that make you cry! The chinese culture used in the stories told by Whennie (The Mom) will grasp your mind and not let go until weeks after you've finished reading it!

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Summary: Wonderful Story Line, Quick Read
Review: I am a great fan of Amy Tan, every book that she writes, I read in a minute flat. I get overly involved in the book and cannot put it down. The Kitchen God's Wife was like her other two books, page turner. I learned alot about the war in China when the book took place. The beginning is rather boring and hard to get into, but it is necesarry to get the proper feel of the book. While I was reading the book, I was crying and could not stop. This is a must read, it defentely gets the reader involved.

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Summary: A Disappointing Tome
Review: It was with great anticipation that I picked up this book, having read the author's first novel. It was a great disappointment. An overlong story, written as if the writer were being paid by the word. The character as victim becomes quite tedious and so, unfortunately, is this over-rated book.

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Summary: Wonderfully written
Review: When i first took this book out of the library, i was doubting whether i could even finish the book, it was a lot thicker than the books i normally read. What surprised me though was that though the story was so long, it never became boring and the storyline did not drag or anything, it was a wonderful story and i enjoyed it a lot. Maybe because I am a Chinese too so i enjoy reading these books about Chinese immigrants and their past. This book was written beautifully too, Amy Tan is one of the best authors in my mind.

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Summary: Wonderful story!
Review: This book is the typical read-in-two-days book, it's very difficult to put down! If you are looking to get lost in a story, no one does it better than Amy Tan. Even if you are not a 2nd generation Chinese-American female, you feel as if you can relate after you finish reading it. I highly recommend it!

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Summary: The Kitchen God's Wife is great
Review: I think MsTan wrote a wonderful book that gives insight in to the realationship of mothers and daughters. It is so well written that it was like i was expereincing everything along with Pearl and Winnie.

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Summary: great book for english project on realism
Review: me, i'm a junior in high school and i had to read this and compare it with kate chopin's the awakening since both had repressed females breaking out of their little niche. the book KGW was kinda long and sometimes i was wondering when the long descriptions would end but most of the time i thought the book was really good. it was intriguing and held my attention for the most part. i do agree with people that this book is a bit on the long side (i fell asleep reading it as i did when i read pride and prejudice) but KGW is worth the time. ~angie