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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
It took me a while to realize that the ghosts were actual people. The POV got a little confusing at some parts. Otherwise, I love the way Kingston uses mythology to develop her life story.
This is one of my RANDOM faves. I don't think of it when I think of awesome books, but whenever someone brings it up I can't help but recede into a little mental voyage into the fantasy sections of this book. If for no other reason, you should read this book for the dream chapters.
Every time I read this book I'm blown away by its capacity to "make itself so large to hold contradictions."
A deep, singular, fantastical immigration memoir. Blends memory and myth (e.g., Mulan!!).
Beautifully well written. I'm not too sure about this being an autobiography or a collection of memoirs, but Hong Kingston is a poignant story teller with something to say about our world.
I read this for my Introduction to Chinese American Literature class. A fascinating mix of fact and fiction, folklore and reality. What I love about authors venturing into autobiographical writing is that those books are rarely dull or conventionally written in the way your run-of-the-mill autobiographies by non-authors tend to be. Kingston blurs the genre boundaries of autobiography brilliantly and brings forward so many different images of womanhood at the intersection of race and gender. Overall a great book.
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I wish I didn’t have to speed read this for class because I feel like I missed so much. It is written so beautifully and is such a unique style. I will have to pick it up again to fully appreciate.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense