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Summary: The Only Book I Could Read for 9 Hours Straight!
Review: Maxine Hong Kingstons masterpiece, "The Woman Warrior..." is bursting with originality and personality. While some may question the validity of the book being a true non-fictional autobiography, the story is inspiring in any genre. Tell Story and Ghosts unite to present the reader with an interal stuggle between being American and Chinese, an honor or a disgrace to the family, confomity and individuality. As the author boldly satates, "I am a Female Avenger." This book is, however, full of important symbolism that can be easily missed in reading. I suggest paying close attention to colors, ghosts, and noting the importance of each tell-story.
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Summary: Fly on the wall perspective on a Chinese life
Review: Taking a look at this book was the best decision I've made this month. I was enchanted with the tales of home life and life experiences that I now have a new perspective. My education and intelligence do matter to my children. They do learn much from me and my example. This book provides insight into the family life of a different culture, life-perspective and values. I learned much from reading this book
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Summary: an incredibly detrimental book
Review: I only wish I could give negative points to this book. This book is not just a waste of time, it is actually EXTREMELY HARMFUL.I don't have a problem with feminist books, as I am a feminist. But Kingston, in this book, pushes a view that feminism is inherently opposed to Chinese culture (as opposed to American culture). This is patently untrue, since the vast majority of cultures in this world oppressed women. The book was terribly researched. Kingston distorts Chinese myths and cultural practices to support her assumption that traditional Chinese culture is "exotic" and threatening to women. Kingston presents her fictitious distortions under the guise of facts, misinforming numerous people about Chinese culture and encouraging prejudice and stereotyping. Do we really need books that propose all Asian women are victims of their cultures who needs to be saved by Western culture? I'm an Asian woman and my life experiences emphatically denies this sort of facile and condescending treatment of Asians in America.
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Summary: The World is Full of Fourth Rate Readers
Review: :sigh: It is very sad to see how many of the reviews on this page are written without much thought put into them. I don't understand what the deal is with people not liking books which show the "bad" things in life and of Chinese Culture. It is books that disturb us and make us think that are truly great. I think that it's wonderful that a new light is brought to traditional Chinese culture and I'm sure Kingston's intentions were not to make the Chinese seem "evil" as many of the readers obviously believe. If you're at the level of reading of this book, then I'm sure you can understand that the books of this world are not all happy and joyful as we may want them to be.
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Summary: Great book if you understand it.
Review: Many of my friends told me that the woman warrior was a crazy book and that they didn't understand it at all. Well, let me tell you, The Woman Warrior is a fantastic book once you understand what the author is trying to convey, not just the story. You also have to empathize with the author to know what she felt.
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Summary: Disney should have read this before making Mu Lan.
Review: This book provides a beautiful, startling view into another culture. As a bonus, it provides a far more interesting version of Mu Lan's story than Disney made. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the Chinese-American experience and/or anyone interested in the story of Mu Lan.
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Summary: Chinese American identity
Review: The beauty of Warrior Woman is that Kingston does not pretend to lay it out exactely how it is because it is impossible to do so. What Kingston provides is her own representation of her cultural heritage and her own interpretation of what it was like for HER to grow up a female Chinese American. Each chapter is about a different warrior woman (except for one) because even though she struggled with her identity growing up, it was the warrior women surrounding her that she ultimately drew her strength from. This is a wonderfully written book that is at once angry and poetic. Kingston provides the reader with a look at one woman's interpretation of her cultural identity that does not pretend to be factual, (which is a truer rendering of life and identity).
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Summary: Woman Warrior
Review: I did not care for this novel due to its layout
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Summary: stop......major boredom ahead
Review: I have just started reading the book and already im wishing i never picked it up. I cant believe English teachers could make their students read such a boring book. Kingston completely distorts all of the myths that belong to the chinese culture. I can't believe a member of the chinese culture could change facts around and make interesting, wonderful myths of the chinese culture seem almost ugly. It almost like she is try to hard to show the bads things of her culture
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Summary: Wonderful Book for Older Readers
Review: Although Maxine Hong Kingston does jump around from chapter to chapter (which seems to confuse most), she does a great job at explaining her life growing up as a Chinese-American. I can really relate to some of the aspects of the books. Kingston recalls constantly being filled with ridiculous stories. These stories, though, become a part of who she is and what she believes. The sub-title of the book, "Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts", explains a lot of what the author has to deal with. She has to deal with hearing that her friends and her are ghosts, because they are American. All of the people that surrounded Kingston's family were ghosts, except for the Chinese people who lived on the Gold Mountain, Chinatown in San Francisco. The children's teachers and coaches were ghosts. Kingston feels like a ghost herself: "...we had been born amonth ghosts, were taught by ghosts, and were ourselves ghost-like. They called us a kind of ghost." This book is truely a page turner. There's always something to learn or laugh about in each turn. Wonderful book.
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