karaelise 's review for:

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

5.0

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Amazing. Relatable and hilarious (made me laugh out loud a couple of different times). I loved how frank and self-deprecating the author is throughout the narrative - she doesn't sugarcoat herself, acknowledging and often openly mocking her own eccentricity (to comic effect). You really feel like you know her family intimately by the end of the story.

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The only criticism: I found the ending somewhat anticlimactic. I feel like the author could have come to a more decisive conclusion. While the events of the story speak for themselves, I would have appreciated more discussion of what it all means from the author's perspective - especially since she ultimately gave in to Lulu.