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danoreading's review
2.0
Very readable, so I'll give the writing high marks. However, Amy Chua so infuriated me during this book that I didn't enjoy it. Having lost my mother at a relatively young age (19), I'm so glad that my limited time with her wasn't spent being browbeaten.
belwood303's review
4.0
Turns out I'm a bit of a Tiger Teacher, minus the shaming. I hold high expectations and accuse them of not giving their best effort. I can see where I need to ease up a bit but I also see how pushing them this hard is important. I always appreciate when a flawed human being shares their flaws.
rhoelle's review
2.0
This was not well written. The writer has stated that she intended it as a comedy. It fails to create laughs, however. The writer either doesn't know what she wants to do (apart from ambition) or how to do it, or both. Dare it be suggested that this is probably a result of the very uncreative, rote drilling education that the book itself espouses?
mrscaew's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this book, especially as a teenager wishing my parents had been stricter in terms of enforcing musical education. It is a helpful case study when considering how to raise my own future children.
anjanettew13's review
3.0
I appreciated Chua's perspective. I guess I would like to turn a blind eye to some of the examples of Western parenting that she comments on. However, I highly doubt Americans have the patent on lazy... let's face it laziness of the spirit and the body is what it seems she is observing. Like many, I read the NYT article on her so I was expecting a different kind of book. I found the book interesting in that I like to read how foreigners see us and it delivers in that account. In some odd way it did inspire me to hold strong on my desires for my children and to not give in to them too much....
andeedevore's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fascinating tale about clashing parenting cultures. I felt both admiration and distaste for Chua's strategies, which I think is kind of the point of the book. On the one hand, I really admire her transparency and honesty in sharing her experiences as a stubborn and difficult-to-please mother, as well as her natural belief in her children being able to do hard things. On the other hand, I also felt myself recoiling from her brutal honesty, lack of flexibility, and blatant comparison between her children. Overall, there were many great lessons from this book that I'm sure I'll continue to consider as I go on my own parenting journey.
mchristinepo's review
3.0
This book has me torn whether or not I was either truly fascinated from terror or if actually really loved it.
I can relate to the author's children; though I did not have such a demanding upbringing, the morals, thoughts and opinions of what my family thought of westerners were completely true. It is a strange thing to read and see the opinions of other Asian moms and how they think of the Westernized culture and upbringing. Especially since my mother was the same way too.
Once I'm off my phone, I DEFINITLEY want to expand upon my review. This book will probably linger on my mind for a very long time
I can relate to the author's children; though I did not have such a demanding upbringing, the morals, thoughts and opinions of what my family thought of westerners were completely true. It is a strange thing to read and see the opinions of other Asian moms and how they think of the Westernized culture and upbringing. Especially since my mother was the same way too.
Once I'm off my phone, I DEFINITLEY want to expand upon my review. This book will probably linger on my mind for a very long time