A review by kaitlyn_choe
The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
4.0
thick with wisdom, cultural depth, and honest & imperfect love. amy tan knows how to pack an entire story into a single sentence-- there were so many lines i read over and over, trying to piece apart each layer of its meaning. even still, i don't think i'm at the point in my life where i can fully appreciate this novel. i can't wait to read it again when i'm thirty or forty with older and more experienced eyes. to better understand the nuances 0f a mother-daughter relationship.
p.s. i really enjoyed each short story on its own. the overall structure of the novel, though, was not my cup of tea, as i was often left craving more development of each mother-daughter relationship/even the relationships between the mothers and daughters. definitely more breadth than depth here.
p.s. i really enjoyed each short story on its own. the overall structure of the novel, though, was not my cup of tea, as i was often left craving more development of each mother-daughter relationship/even the relationships between the mothers and daughters. definitely more breadth than depth here.