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Summary: The Bonesetter's Daughter
Review: It was slow at first, but got interesting as you went.
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Summary: The Bone Setters Daughter
Review: Wow! This REALLY was a great book. I bought this book from amazon.com and from the moment I started reading it, I simply could NOT put it down! I'm not exaggerating either, though this book was somewhat pricy, being available only in hardcover, it is well worth the money. Amy Tan weaves a story about 3 generations in this book, and the main story teller tends to be Ruth Young, the daughter of LiuLing who is the daughter of Precious Auntie, the story of Precious Auntie is sure to chill you. All in all, I would say this is one fantastic book, and If there were more stars, I would give it more!
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Summary: Engaging, yet not very convincing
Review: I was reading in a recent interview with the author, that Amy Tan's latest novel is based a lot on her own family's history. Maybe that is why the novel is so engrossing. Staged in San Francisco and in China during the first half of teh century, the book walks us through the life of three generations of women. As usual, Amy Tan is brilliant--a plot that has its twists and turns as well as a psychological perspective into what makes us what we are.My only disappointment is the kind of unexpected and seemigly quickly written happy ending. I have no problem with happy endings, but there needs to be a more thorough explanation on how it happened. On the otehr hand, in the interview I read with the author, she said that is how the actual real story ended...
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Summary: Amy Tan series
Review: Good writers come up with new material. She is just a 'character writer'. Chopin has his Nocturnes and so Beethoven has his 9 masterpices symphonies. The Bonesetter's Daughter is just part of Amy Tan's 'Four Seasons' series.
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Summary: Fair's fair!
Review: Amy Tan has proven by now that she does one thing; the important thing to know is that she does it EXTREMELY well. We all rush out to buy her latest, and she's never disappointed us. I, too, was surprised by all the criticism. What did people expect when they bought her book? Stories about electrical engineers in Turkey, physicists in Pakistan or a medical/detective thriller a la Robin Cook or John Grisham??? We buy Tan's novels because she lets us feel what it is to be a Chinese woman, both in America or in wartime China. And she proves that those feelings aren't specific... that we are all alike in many significant ways. Imagine sitting through a piano recital and snorting cynically at the end, "same 88 keys, over and over again...!" The number of keys are limited, but the number of possible combinations are infinite. So fair's fair. We expect Tan to deliver a new combination of the themes she weaves so deftly, and she hasn't let us down yet. She hasn't exhausted her material yet; the proof is that we keep coming back for more.
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Summary: Brought To Life
Review: The Bonesetter's Daughter was a wonderful book full of laughter, tears and sorrow, and much insight into the thinking of the Asian culture. I was surprised, as another reviewer was, it didn't receive a higher rating. At one point reading this on the train to work almost brought me to tears-I had to catch myself. It's a joy to read a book you can get lost in and feel you're experiencing what is written.
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Summary: I was suprised this book was not rated higher!
Review: Sure, it is about the Chinese mother-daughter relationship again, but so what? It is still a beautiful story, written in Amy Tan's own unique way. I am not Chinese, but I have a mother with Alzheimer's Disease and I found so many similarities between Ruth's mother and my mother. I enjoyed it very much. I only wish my mother had written her early life down so I would have it now that I can't ask her. (I can ask her, but she can't tell me anymore.)
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Summary: Memoirs of the Past
Review: Amy Tan created a brilliant novel with realistic characters and an engaging plot. The Bonesetters daughter follows present day, Ruth as she struggles in her relationships with Art, her significant other; her mother, LuLing; and most importantly, herself. Luling is a very traditional Chinese woman who is living with a dreadful past of her own. Luling struggles to identify with her daughter Ruth. As Luling is developing dementia she decides to record her history on paper as her mother did for her. Ruth dismissed the memoir until many years later when she had it translated and discovered her mother's past as well as her grandmother's (Precious Auntie) past. Through this memoir, Ruth discovered the truth about the women in her family and the truth for herself. Amy Tan created very strong women and their journey and trials will attest to their nature of survival. The Bonesetters Daughter was by far one of the best books that I have encountered.
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Summary: Good read
Review: I can turn on the radio and listen for a minute and at least know the name of the composer... usually from some stylistic trait. You could pick up this book without a cover and after a page or two recognize Amy Tan's unmistakeable signature. Its not Shakespeare but it is a very good read. I enjoyed it immensely. I found the story of the two "sisters" and their relationship over the years to be especially poignant.
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Summary: Another wonderful book from Amy Tan
Review: I adored this book, having been fortunate enough to "inherit" a copy from a fellow vacationer. The emotions it brings forth through the telling of the family history concurrent with the mother/daughter relationship are many and I highly recommend this book, especially for women!
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