The Joy Luck Club Review By Hugo Dinorin

4 out of 5 stars

The Joy Luck Club Review

By Hugo Dinorin, October 29^th, 2013

This review is from: The Joy Luck Club

In every family, there has been at least one discussion or hassle between parents and children because of the different ideas and experiences that each one have. However, there will be always a strong bond in every parents-children relationship. 

The Joy Luck Club concentrates in all that, narrating the history of 4 Chinese women who, because of different reasons, migrate to America, and their daughters who are born in America. These 4 women started a group called “The Joy Luck Club “ for playing the traditional game of Mahjong, chatting about her lives and spending some good time together. Though, they are not only related because of the club, they also have problems in their relationship with their daughters.

Throughout 4 chapters, Amy Tan, the author of the book, develops the story of how was the women’s life before coming to America, why the women come to America, how was the childhood and  experiences of their daughters. Besides, each chapter is divided in 4 episodes in which is narrated the story of each women or daughter, telling in detail what is their “side of the story”. That is, I every episode, each one narrates, explains and share how was their own experiences.

So, Amy Tan gives you a piece of the story through each chapter, giving you the opportunity to compare and contrast the life of each character, and with that, she gives you the parts of a puzzle  in order to that helps you understand every character of story and their ways of behave.

In my opinion, The Joy Luck Club is a book written with emotion and passion, because Amy Tan based these four histories in her own experiences as a Chinese-American and her relationship with her mother. Thus, she transmitted her feelings and emotions through her words, creating an incredible book.