Reviews - The Woman Warrior

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The Woman Warrior

Maxine Hong Kingston

3.68 AVERAGE

relyen's review against another edition

2.5

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

kappareads's review against another edition

3.0

A collection of short memoirs based on Maxine Hong Kingston's life as a Chinese immigrant. The stories take on an almost surreal feel that makes these stand out from other novels written about this topic.

I will argue the stories about her mother are the best, especially the one with the ghost because it's such a good interpretation of an unreliable narrator. Once you start thinking about what could have happened, it messes you up.

fionadavita's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

rubby's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

laurenjodi's review against another edition

3.0

The Woman Warrior
3 Stars

Read this for a class on women's fiction.

Ostensibly a memoir, this collection of tales reads more like fiction. Through storytelling, the author explores the problems of being female from a patriarchal culture and of being a first generation Chinese American.

Although the book contains some very interesting and educational elements regarding the Chinese culture, it has a disjointed feel to it and it is difficult to become immersed in characters and plots.