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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
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dark
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mysterious
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I’m half Chinese but I don’t know too much about Chinese stories and authors. I read this in my quest to read more female Asian authors. I just loved the folklore intertwined with her biography! The imagery was awesome. Totally captivating to me.
This book is certainly intricate and haunting. I sense, though I have not investigated, that there is a very complicated structure of echoed stories (some more obvious than others). That being said, it's a book I want to study more than a book I want to curl up with.
emotional
medium-paced
some parts of this definitely feel very dated, and idk if I would have finished it if reading on my own. But the Mulan fantasy arc still lives in my head rent-free, so props for good imagery. +0.5 points for Maxine Hong Kingston being the og
I need to read some happier books.
A bittersweet collection of memoir stories, focused on the author's experiences growing up as the daughter of a Chinese immigrant. She talks about the women in her family, and ties their struggles into Chinese culture and myth. The misogyny these women experienced is truly horrifying.
A bittersweet collection of memoir stories, focused on the author's experiences growing up as the daughter of a Chinese immigrant. She talks about the women in her family, and ties their struggles into Chinese culture and myth. The misogyny these women experienced is truly horrifying.
This is an excellent novel. It confused me a lot at first, having to discern between reality and fantasy, but once I got in to it I liked it. I appreciate when memoir author’s put a creative spin on their storytelling and this did just that — all while honoring Kingston’s culture and family history.
I felt a lot of emotion while reading this novel and am glad it was recommended to me. I read it twice.
I felt a lot of emotion while reading this novel and am glad it was recommended to me. I read it twice.
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
I don't know whether Maxine Hong Kingston is in or out of fashion these days. I remember reading the first chapter of this book, "No Name Woman," when I was in middle school and thinking it was absolutely amazing. Now her stories seem a bit much, a bit contrived, at times, and yet I'm still kind of impressed by the whole thing. I don't know exactly how I feel about it.
Different writing style, but I came to really appreciate it. It felt powerful, but also had an odd, silly sense of humour which I grew quite fond of.
