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Summary: Wonderful
Review: This was the most wonderful touching book I've read in a long time. I expected it to be overly sentimental, melodramatic, and purposely out to tug the heartstrings. I was wrong on all counts. The stories of the eight women were incrediable and very real. The strength of the women of the older generations was very noble and amazing. The ignorance of the daughters on their mothers' true characters rang very true and was a little too familiar. The ending was perfect, a very fitting and moving ending to such a terrific book. Though it's not the fastest read everyone should sit down one quiet evening or on a rainy day with it and atleast give it a try.
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Summary: One of the best first books I've read
Review: Well, actually this is more like one of the best books I've read, period. Sometimes we find it so hard to understand our loved ones' point of view, just like the Chinese-thinking mothers and their Americanized daughters depicted here. I love every story in the book, but the ones I liked best were the ones about Waverly Jong and her childhood struggles with her upstart mother; An-Mei Hsu's mother, the Fourth Wife, and her final revenge against the man that ruined her life; and Suyuan Woo's life during the war, and her Long Cherished Wish. All the stories are enthralling and wistful, and the clash of the modern, urban lifestyle of the second generation against the first's more traditional one is amazingly, beautifully described. After you've read this book you'll be left craving more, so run and get the other books by Amy Tan, which are as excellent as this one.
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Summary: terrible
Review: I had to read this book for school over the summer. It had to be the worst book ive ever read. I would have to b e out of my mind to recommend this to anyone. It was very hard to understand there was no main character. It constantly switched characters. The book was just plain stupid! I wish i could give it no stars.
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Summary: I love this book
Review: This is probably one of the best books I have ever read. I think it is very influential and shows how we try so hard not to be like our parents but we really are just like them. A lot of people could not follow the book but you really just have to pay attention to it and it's not hard. I really enjoyed reading it because I remember when it came out on video when I was younger and didn't understand it but went out and bought it over the summer. Good Reading!!
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Summary: Great Book!!!!!
Review: I decided to read this book after I saw part of the movie. For me, the book was easier to follow. This is probably the best book I have ever read.
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Summary: PerpleXed!
Review: Out of the many books I have read I would consider this the most confusing and mind-bending. I expected the second section of the novel (Scar), to be a continuation of the first part (The Joy Luck Club). Half way through reading it I asked myself "What in the WORLD is going on??" The book is somewhat difficult to follow. Sorry Amy, but that's the truth!
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Summary: I am confused!
Review: I bought the book after I caught a glimpse of the movie on TV. I read so many good review of the book, so I assumed it's good and bought one myself. I couldnt catch up with the multiple characters. It's just too confusing and I have to keep refering to be beginning to see who's who! I didnt finish the book!
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Summary: Very good book for minority women
Review: Although the book was somewhat confusing to follow, the excellent stories and the manner in which they were told were very real. I really enjoyed relating to each character because I too am a minority woman and I know how important it is to hold on to tradition, yet learn new ways of living. I recommend this book to any woman who is curious about the Chinese-American woman.
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Summary: Great find
Review: I loved reading Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. It chronicles the lives of four Chinese mothers and their four American daughters. Tan explores the mother-daughter relationship with a backdrop of Chinese culture and traditions. All of the women have different struggles and lives, but they are joined by an undeniable heritage and hope for the future. The Joy Luck Club is a heartwarming book and a great find for anyone who is interested in learning about the Chinese culture or struggles with embracing their past. My only caution is that it is not a fast-moving book crammed with plot, but it relies on flashbacks and the memories of the women.
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Summary: The only thing I regret ...
Review: is not being able to read it for the first time again. I picked this book up on a whim. It was on my freshman summer reading list and I figured 'what the heck, I don't know that much about Chinese culture'. And I was suprised. The book is basically a bunch of linked stories about four woman and their daughters. These seven women (one of the mothers has recently died) tell two stories from their past, and for some of the daughters their present, that weave together to make one big Chinese modern fairy tale. My favorites had to be 'The Red Candle', 'Two Kinds', 'Rice Husband', and 'Magpies', but all were very good. And even if you aren't Chinese, and don't know anything about them, Amy Tan's poetic language will basically float you through this book like a calm river. She writes with wonderful talent and I will definately be reading one of her books again, that will hopefully be just as good as this one.
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