The Joy Luck Club

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Summary: The Joy Luck Club was an engaging and sentimental book.
Review: This is a great book! I loved it sooooooooooo much! Amy Tan wrote each of the stories as if she was the person in the action. Each of the stories had a moral, a lesson that she wanted the readers to know. I personally enjoyed it very much. Great book to read!

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Summary: It was boring and confusing
Review: I had to read the book for school and wound up making things up about what happened because i coundn't consintrat because of bordom I had reading this book.

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Summary: One of the Best Books I've Read
Review: This really is one of the most beautiful books I've read. The 16 stories that make up the book are complex, deep and thought-provoking, and even though each of the stories can be read separately, taken together they form a brilliant whole. The main characters are vivid and very well developed; you really come to sympathize with all of them at the end. Overall, a melancholy but deeply-satisfying read that I very highly recommend.

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Summary: Like an early Hollywood movie
Review: I find the elder Chinese characters in this book akin to the ones in early Hollywood movies. They speak in strange Fu Manchu "Chinese" phrases, act in strange "Chinese ways". My parents are in their 70's, and their knowledge of English is limited, but they never speak or act like these characters. At the same time, I would like to thank one reviewer who recommended Wild Swans. I just began readint Wild Swans, and it is riveting, and truthful. It reflected many of the things my parents told me. Despite that it also has described many negative things in China, there is not one single complaint from the Chinese American people on the Amazon reviews. And NONE of the American students who had to read Wild Swans posted that they were bored. All were enthused about that book. This should tell the readers something. We are not just offended for negative portraits. It's only when they make us feel like they are played by "white actors" in makeup. The kids are not just bored because they are "immature". They are bored by this book, period, as was I. And I'm about 50 years old.

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Summary: One of the many great books you read once in awhile!
Review: I was so touched by all the stories.....looking at both sides of a story really benefited myself in understanding my mother more....this book is remarkable! I read it mainly b/c of my humanities class, but now----I want to re-read it over again just for the pleasure of it. Outstanding book! Every mother had their brains, had their wits, had their stiff side; but their only desire in life is to give face to their daughters.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I loved this book!! It was great!! Amy Tan knows how to write GREAT stories!!!!!! I have read The Joy Luck Club six times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This book can never be put down!! I love the movie!!!! THE JOY LUCK CLUB is my favorite movie in the world!! I saw the movie!! GREAT!! Wonderful movie!! You should read the book first though becasue when you read THE JOY LUCK CLUB book you will be able to follow with the movie better!! I have seen THE JOY LUCK CLUB MOVIE trillions of times and can not get tired of it!!!!!! I saw the movie first though before I knew about THE JOY LUCK CLUB book!!!! I love Asian history especially Chinese, and Japanese!! So if you love Asian history as much as me take my advice THE JOY LUCK CLUB book, and movie is for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It will entertain you!! You will not be able to put the book down!! And when you finish the book get THE JOY LUCK CLUB movie!! YOU'LL LOVE THE JOY LUCK CLUB GUARENTEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: You have to be a girl to truly enjoy this book
Review: I've read better. A story about mothers and their daughters and their relationships with each other most likely only appeals to females. How is a guy supposed to enjoy this book to its fullest? I will say, however, it is well written. Perhaps if Tan authored a more interesting story, it could be enjoyed by a wider range of readers.

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Summary: Reality, no... Good book, yes.
Review: The reviews of Joy Luck Club seems to be either good or bad. And there are some obvious groups to be tied with both. The bad reviewers include: Chinese who think that this is a negative portrayal of themselves or immature seventh-graders who find it "boring". The good reveiwers include: Americans or Asian-Americans who let this book touch them without picking on the stereotypes that, actually, reign in this novel. To start off, let me just say that I admit that this probably isn't the MOST accurate novel. Nor is it history. But it isn't a negative portrayal of Chinese-Americans at all. I am an Asian-American and I enjoyed this book because it showed Asians as real people, good or bad. And that women were oppressed and treated like dirt in Chinese society is a FACT, like it is in most cultures, Asian or European, etc. Why must we pick on it because of little things that really don't matter? It's a touching story, whether it's real or not. Perhaps those reviewers who complained that it wasn't accurate enough also hated "Mulan" for having gongs sounding the music.

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Summary: an interestingly written book
Review: I liked reading The Joy Luck Club mainly for the style in which it was written, giving each mother and daughter her own voice to express in her own terms what happened and what she thinks is going on. The story i liked most was The Red Candle. The main character's ability to get herself out of an incredibly difficult situation without losing face or creating a bad situation for her family or her in-laws was remarkable. She did it by using her brain and the information available to her; she made me smile.

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Summary: This book shows the contrast between Chinese and ABC.
Review: If anybody likes Chinese history, you will definitely like this novel, The Joy Luck Club. This novel¡¦s plot alternate back and forth between the lives of four struggling Chinese women back in China during 1949 and the lives of their Chinese American born daughters in California, United States. When those four Chinese women were still in China, Japanese armies were attacking China for their land and resources. In the novel, those four Chinese women are comparing their Chinese American born daughters since when they were babies. Until they got married, they are still comparing them to show which one is the best. Therefore, in the novel, they often criticized each other¡¦s daughter. Jing-Mei is one of the daughter, she is taking over her mother¡¦s place ah the ma jong table because she passed away. They called this ma jong party, The Joy Luck Club, and that is the title of this novel. This gathering was established when they were still in China and was continued in United States. I personal think this is a great book that everyone should take a look at.