Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

36 reviews

pobaw24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

alyal's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

read after shanghia girls by Lisa See. I loved this book and the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Xenophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Homophobia

fionnlister's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

celine_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Rape, and Abortion

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and War

sqacedvst's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

marissasa's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book tells the stories of 4 immigrant Chinese women and each of their Chinese-American daughters. Although I like multiple POVs for the fact that they never get monotonous, they almost always end up with some characters being less developed or having less time focused on their stories, and that is definitely the case with this one. I enjoyed all the mothers' POVs and the look into their lives before they came to America, but honestly didn't think the daughters' stories matched them at all in how interesting and nuanced it made their situations. All the mothers had trauma relating to the loss of their children and families, marriage issues, being displaced from their homes, and their daughters' not understanding them. All of the daughters then had generational trauma, mommy issues, and a disconnect from their Chinese identities. The thing that made me dislike almost all of the daughters' stories was that except for Jing-mei, all of their POVs revolved around their troubles with their white husbands or boyfriends. The whole time I'm reading about them just thinking "free my sisters from the shackles of white men lmao". I wish they were given more depth and character development that was unrelated to their relationships with white men, or at least having just one character go through that so that the daughters' stories weren't so similar and forgettable. Jing-mei is the exception to this and I definitely thought her and her mother Suyuan's stories were the most memorable, and I do wish they had more time for their stories than they got. I did love the ending and how the story came full circle with the first and last chapter being Jing-mei's though, and the emotional conclusion felt satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Classism

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

a collection of stories about the Chinese American experience touching on immigration, generation gaps, sexism, racism, and more

really well written interesting stories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment