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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
What in the hell?
I had to read this book for school, but I didn't think it would be this weird. I'll be honest with you, I literally have no idea what the plot was. There was just a bunch of memories all tangled up into one book. I don't think there was a purpose to this book.
However, I could slightly relate to the character. It was funny to see how Chinese habits would be described, and I could definitely understand what she was writing about.
I had to read this book for school, but I didn't think it would be this weird. I'll be honest with you, I literally have no idea what the plot was. There was just a bunch of memories all tangled up into one book. I don't think there was a purpose to this book.
However, I could slightly relate to the character. It was funny to see how Chinese habits would be described, and I could definitely understand what she was writing about.
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Disconcerting and powerful memoir of her childhood as a Chinese immigrant in Northern California. Maxine captures the essence of her childhood experience by writing in a non linear, straightforward manner. She retells stories she heard from her parents, tells stories from multiple perspectives, and let's the reader be wrapped in her parents and ancestors beliefs.
Very compelling memoir.
Very compelling memoir.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
Intressant inblick i den kinesisk-amerikanska migrationserfarenheten, interfolierat med gamla legender, spökhistorier, närmast slapstick-liknande scener och en omnipotent modersfigur som tronar över familjen; på samma gång en förebild och ett avskräckande exempel. Mångbottnat, skickligt berättat, vackert.
I have very mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, it offers an interesting and multi-layered insight into Chinese culture and the Chinese-American experience. On the other, the unusual structure made the author's voice difficult to follow in places which made it hard for me to get anything more than an overall sense of Maxine Hong Kingston and her experience of 'a girlhood among ghosts'.
I couldn’t really get into this book. The writing style is odd and although some of the stories were interesting I couldn’t really engage with the characters. Not one for me.
** Books 36 - 2021 **
This books to accomplish Tsundoku Books Challenge 2021
3,3 of 5 stars!
Iam curious with this books since MHK's life story looks like Fa Mulan's story so that's why i read it into the first place LOL. This books have five chapters consist of No Name Woman (about MHK's auntie and her illegitimate child), White Tigers (about MHK's who goes to battle instead of her father--this part kinda remind me of Mulan tho), Shaman (it is about MHK's mother who being called as Brave orchid who become a doctor in the past and immigrate to America) and the last is At the Western Palace (it is about MHK's aunt, Moon orchid who go to california to meet her estranged husband).
I wanna give solid 4 stars for this books since this biography is really entertaining but it is somehow in some parts iam kinda bored with slow pace of it. However it is a great books especially about an chinese women's experience who immigrate to America
Thankyou!
This books to accomplish Tsundoku Books Challenge 2021
3,3 of 5 stars!
Iam curious with this books since MHK's life story looks like Fa Mulan's story so that's why i read it into the first place LOL. This books have five chapters consist of No Name Woman (about MHK's auntie and her illegitimate child), White Tigers (about MHK's who goes to battle instead of her father--this part kinda remind me of Mulan tho), Shaman (it is about MHK's mother who being called as Brave orchid who become a doctor in the past and immigrate to America) and the last is At the Western Palace (it is about MHK's aunt, Moon orchid who go to california to meet her estranged husband).
I wanna give solid 4 stars for this books since this biography is really entertaining but it is somehow in some parts iam kinda bored with slow pace of it. However it is a great books especially about an chinese women's experience who immigrate to America
Thankyou!
I honestly didn't really enjoy this book, and found it a bit of a struggle to get through. This book is touted as a memoir but is instead a strange amalgamation of short story inspired by Chinese myth, and recounting of experiences Kingston's mother and aunt had, rather than herself. In fact, there's only one section in this book told from Kingston's point of view, and it didn't exactly paint her in the best light. That's not to say that the content here isn't interesting - the juxtaposition of Chinese societal norms in comparison with a more American style of living is fascinating and jarring. I just didn't like the way the material was presented and it didn't do much for me. And sure, I'm into a reimaging of Kingston playing the role of Fa Mu Lan, but not in a book that I expect to be memoir. Maybe I would have liked this more if it was presented as entirely fictional.