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Summary: higher than high school level
Review: As a ninth grader who read this book for English class, I found myself saying, "What? That happened?!" during discussions two weeks after I completed it. What was difficult for me to grasp was the non-chronological writing (she skips around plenty), and distinguishing between the reality and imaginary aspects of her writing. Despite those points, I enjoyed reading about her adventures as a warrior and the "ghosts"; I don't mind rereading the text to actually pass my quizzes- it is well written and a great storyline. ~J
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Summary: I really liked this book, it appealed to the imagination.
Review: The Worrior Woman was a very interesting and exiting book for me. I think that it was written very well and that the stile of writing that Maxine Kingston used was very uniqe. The majority of the book really used alot of details and really appealed to the imagination. I strongly recomend this book for anyone who is looking for a good book to read.
A.F.B.
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Summary: Trailblazer
Review: I'm astonished to read so many virulently negative reviews. I read this book just after it came out, as a high-school student, and loved it for the strength of the writing and the vivid images, also the mix of fantasy and reality. I do recall being a bit surprised at her anger, but up until then the only stories of Chinese-American girlhood that were available (all one or two of them, I think; this was the mid-70s) portrayed very dutiful, very quiet, very "good" girls. So this was an eye-opener and a stereotype buster, and should be welcomed for that. We have to remember that this was written nearly 30 years ago, when the whole multi-cultural debate was really just getting going; perhaps some things in it would be different now. But the trailblazers in any society often have to be angry to get their messages heard -- and taken seriously. And people like Maxine Hong Kingston laid the foundations that allowed literature by people like Amy Tan to be published. She deserves credit for this. I can definitely see that aspects of the book could be annoying to Asian-Americans who find people taking this as gospel about Chinese culture, though. But I'd also like to suggest that some of the negative responses might also come from people uneasy with the idea that non-white people are angry about the racism they've experienced in the United States. It's easy to think this anger is exaggerated if you've never experienced racism.
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Summary: The Woman Warrior
Review: I think The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston was a good book. I liked this book because it shows the adventures and the hard work the girl had to do in order to become a warrior. If i was her i would not have done the same thing she did and she left her parents to train and become a warrior. Throughout this whole book it makes me want to read for more because of the different training she must do. The author also describes the characters so good it makes me almost feel like i can see them right in front of my eyes. I think this book was a good book and it catches the readers eyes right from page one. I wold recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: China
Review: This book was okay. It's muh better than the other books assigned to us. On reading the back cover I got flashbacks of Joy Luck club. This book was certainly much better than that God awful Amy Tan.
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