Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

56 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

I had no expectations other than I knew it would fuck me up. Any story about mothers and daughters. Especially women of color! So complex!! Too real!!!

I don't like reviews with quotes from the piece of media but I had to stop reading to make note of this masterpiece and let it simmer for a while: "And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, she still came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl. And I was born to my mother and I was born a girl. All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abandonment, War, Grief, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Animal death, Rape, Xenophobia, Blood, Pedophilia, Abortion, and Homophobia

stephyrm's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Abandonment, Abortion, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Sexism

melancholymegs's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Racism, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

logopolis's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, War, and Sexual content

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

betag1013's review against another edition

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

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, War, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, Sexism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

jelen's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, War, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Car accident, Pregnancy, Classism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

mattyb's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Abortion

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Addiction

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, and Death of parent

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A reflective look at the relationship between mothers and daughters, specially immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters, and all the things that can't be translated or communicated across generational lines. . The episodic and sort of inconclusive nature of the novel and the events is not really my cup of literary tea, though I am able to recognize why it is considered a classic by many. Smarter people than I have written critiquing the novel, so I'll leave my review here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Rape and War

emi_momo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Grief, Child death, Abandonment, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent and Eating disorder