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A review by kbusemeyer
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I think this book got better as each section progressed. With no background knowledge of this book, I expected a different format that was more linear than it was and also more interactions between mothers and daughters.
It ended up being more like the POV of each characters view of their moms (and in the Moms case, what they then passed on to their daughters).
I think for being as old of a book as this is, the writing still felt very relevant to today and there were very timeless stories. It definitely did feel like Waverly and Jing Mei were the main characters, but Waverly was definitely the most annoying.
I loved the last two chunks where there were the daughters POV of an event and then the mom’s POV of the same event (with the vase). It shows how you’re only getting one perspective and it can be unreliable. And then of course the last chapter where Jing Mei is reunited with her sisters is my favorite.
It ended up being more like the POV of each characters view of their moms (and in the Moms case, what they then passed on to their daughters).
I think for being as old of a book as this is, the writing still felt very relevant to today and there were very timeless stories. It definitely did feel like Waverly and Jing Mei were the main characters, but Waverly was definitely the most annoying.
I loved the last two chunks where there were the daughters POV of an event and then the mom’s POV of the same event (with the vase). It shows how you’re only getting one perspective and it can be unreliable. And then of course the last chapter where Jing Mei is reunited with her sisters is my favorite.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault