Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

51 reviews

stephyrm's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abortion, Abandonment, and War

melancholymegs's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Car accident

_jessielynn_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i told my women’s lit prof at the beginning of the semester that i only give 5.0 stars to things that change my life. she assigned this book and was basically jumping with joy when i told her how much i loved it. such a poignant and one-of-it’s kind perspective on the relationships between mothers and daughters and the breaking of generational cycles. i’m actually in amazement of amy tan, and will be reading other works of her’s in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Abortion

theo_rowen's review against another edition

This book was a really good read and I wish I had finished it. I got it from the library and so I had to return it at some point and I didn't pick it up again. I do intend to pick it up in the future though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Domestic abuse

chanancrompton's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, and Suicide

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism

mattyb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abortion, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

emi_momo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent

damiscous's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The first time I half-assedly read this book, I was sixteen and reading it as an assignment. I'm so very glad I came back to it. With the passage of time, we mature, we learn, we grow, and we begin to see our parents more as people than simply parents. In my current stage of life, this book has touched me in a way it didn't before, especially in regards to my relationship with my own mother as I search for my own way through life. There's some disconnect for me, admittedly, as the book is also heavily centered around Chinese culture, but that difference in culture also has many parallels with my own. Though the book is dated, the complexities of mother-daughter relationships is a timeless topic that Amy Tan explores in a sincere, emotional manner. I laughed, I cried, and I cringed - what else would you want from a novel examining one of the deepest of human connections? I feel that this is a novel I need to come back to later in life to further understand and appreciate the story that Tan has shared with us.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, and War

shariah's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Abortion, and War

Minor: Xenophobia and Classism