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The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

3 reviews

shawaazu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Death, Gun violence, and Cursing

houseofatreides's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Kitchen God’s wife is a bittersweet story grounded in reality. The story is a reflection of Winnie’s early years as she reflects it back to her daughter. Woven in as a recollection of past memories, the story often goes into tangents about people or places, and how it ties back to the main story. Winnie’s story is one of great pain and heartbreak, but of finding hope. Set in the backdrop of the early 20th century in China with the various warring factions, then the invasion of China by Imperial Japan, and then the  communist take over,  shows the enduring spirit of hope through troubled waters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, War, Sexual assault, Rape, Infidelity, Death, and Sexual violence

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Suicide