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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
I love how this novel was constructed - the lives of four immigrant women were reconstructed through their own and their daughter’s perspectives. The tragedies they endured, the cultural believes and identities they kept, and how their relationship with their daughters were complex, genuine, and often hindered by good intentions lost in translation, wow.
If you like a generational story, some complex mother-daughter relationships (due to cultural and circumstantial differences), history, and stories about perseverance, pick up The Joy Luck Club!
If you like a generational story, some complex mother-daughter relationships (due to cultural and circumstantial differences), history, and stories about perseverance, pick up The Joy Luck Club!
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved the various stories about each of the ladies. After having lived in and left Sam Francisco I now love hearing references to my former home so this was so nice to have sprinkled in.
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
The difficult stories of multiple women over many generations, told in a respectful and informative way.
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
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
A very emotional book.
why is it that the fictions I read, the ones based in China, always have concubines in them ? Ok the only other book I read thats based in China is 'The Good Earth'. May be I shouldnt draw conclusions based only on these two books.
19. A book told from multiple POVs
#PopSugarReadingChallenge2019
why is it that the fictions I read, the ones based in China, always have concubines in them ? Ok the only other book I read thats based in China is 'The Good Earth'. May be I shouldnt draw conclusions based only on these two books.
19. A book told from multiple POVs
#PopSugarReadingChallenge2019
I really liked this one! I love a good intergenerational diaspora story and this one really hit. The details of the mother-daughter relationships and the way the stories and the writing intersected to illuminate all the types of relationships and emotions just worked. The descriptive writing was also both vibrant and interesting. And each individual story, especially those of the mothers, was captivating, while fitting together into the whole thematic narrative. (although I would've liked more on the friendship between the Joy Luck Club members themselves) I definitely did cry by the end of the book because I got so invested. In sum: extremely good!