The Love Wife by Gish Jen

The Love Wife

Gish Jen

400 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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From the massively talented Gish Jen comes a barbed, moving, and stylistically dazzling new novel about the elusive nature of kinship. The Wongs describe themselves as a “half half” family, but the actual fractions are more complicated, given Carn...

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Community Reviews Summary of 59 reviews

Moods

challenging 100%
dark 100%
emotional 100%
funny 100%
reflective 100%
tense 100%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

No: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.25

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