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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
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:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
I liked this book—I enjoyed all the stories rooted in Chinese history, generational trauma, childhood, womanhood, and the pain woven into the relationship between mother and daughter. But I had to stop reading it about halfway through. Perhaps it was because I was in a reading slump and tried to force myself to keep going but couldn’t in the end. Or maybe it was because the book started to feel repetitive and lacked a clear sense of direction. I’m not entirely sure.
emotional
reflective
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
Generational trauma and guilt always adds a little spice in hurting my feelings and I lap it up every time
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this in college. It was one of the extra readings for the final exam, I chose this, and I have never regretted that decision.
This was still so good. I really adore the whole story. It is a page-turning and engaging from the first chapter story about an immigrant female group of friends and their daughters.
Each story was somehow equally funny and tragic, and I really have to check more stories from this author.
This was still so good. I really adore the whole story. It is a page-turning and engaging from the first chapter story about an immigrant female group of friends and their daughters.
Each story was somehow equally funny and tragic, and I really have to check more stories from this author.
emotional
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:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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
I really liked this read 🥹 it was a journey to read stories across generations, and I especially enjoyed reading all the mothers’ stories and hardships. As the author shapes relationships between mother and daughter, I can’t help but think of my own relationship with my mom and how her past experiences inform the way she parented and supported me. It was a bit difficult to track the characters since the stories jump timelines, but probably because I was reading it on my Kindle and didn’t annotate the book. I can’t wait to watch the movie!
I really enjoyed the variety of stories about the Chinese immigrant experience, which was eyeopening for me. However, it was hard to differentiate each character and remember what happened to whom as they were all written in first person. I was wishing I had a chart to guide me!
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes