Amy Tan - Bonesetter's Daughter

Pros: Amy Tan has been good before...now, she's even better!

Cons: [This space intentionally left blank]

The Bottom Line: Imagine sitting down to a delicious dinner of Chinese food, one that leaves you full and happy. That's how you'll feel at the end of this book.

Review: Amy Tan has always written novels which stop short just this side of autobiography. Books like The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God’s Wife have documented Chinese-American family life with such detail, such sincerity that it feels like...

Pros: Amy Tan. Need I say more?

Cons: A bit of a slow start.

The Bottom Line: The Bonesetter's Daughter is not to be missed. Amy Tan definitely understands the dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship.

Review: Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a touching, powerful novel. However, it does not have the impact of Tan’s most famous novel The Joy Luck Club. I am not sure Tan will ever be able to recreate the magic of her first novel, but she is...

Pros: Exquisite prose of the first order

Cons: none. abolutely none. Less than none.

The Bottom Line: Excellence of writing and story meld together in a fine read. What are you waiting for? Read it!

Review: Amy Tan is a great writer. What makes a writer great, you ask? Several things, she has talent with words, wonderful stories to relay, and she doesn't buy into publisher pressure to mass produce herself into mediocrity. Nothing makes me more anguished...

Pros: Mellifluous writing in traditional Amy Tan style, compelling in its semi-autobiographical simplicity

Cons: Tan turns out another practically flawless novel

The Bottom Line: This goes into the essential books list

Review: These are the things I know are true...

Amy Tan has had my undivided attention since I first picked up a copy of The Joy Luck Club years ago. She does not capture her readers' hearts and minds with building suspense,...

Pros: Amy Tan nails mother and daughter relationships on the head!

Cons: She apologizes for this not being her best work. Amy, never apologize again!

The Bottom Line: A beautifully written tale of secrets, mysteries, and the hidden meanings that stare us right in the face. I left feeling love and loss for my own mother.

Review: Amy Tan continues to mesmerize me with her tales. Few mother and daughter relationships are all tea parties and Easy Bake Ovens. They are hard work requiring excavation of the heart and soul. Especially fraught with intensity are those where mothers want...

Pros: Interesting writing; A new novel a la Amy Tan or Joy Luck

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: If you like The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, you will love The Bonesetter's Daughter, the chronicling of a complex relationship between two loving characters.

Review: How would you feel if you had to wait until your mother's death to unearth her true name? Amy Tan and her siblings found themselves in this predicament when they were filling her death certificate. They did not know which name to put down. This is one...

Pros: beautifully written historical novel

Cons: a little slow

The Bottom Line: Sad, but honest family story.

Review: This summer is of the woman. Yayas are about mothers mistreating daughters. I read Bonesetter's Daughter for the Chinese aspect of things, and it was actually similar.

For one thing, history is revealed. Ruth, the American daughter of a...

Pros: A touching, haunting story with fascinating characters.

Cons: Familiar ground (can be a good or bad thing).

The Bottom Line: This is a powerful, moving, and often hilarious book with excellent characters, immaculate writing, and relevant themes to any who enjoy the art of the word. A must read.

Review: Though generations may come and go and even our bones may eventually turn to dust, words can last forever. This is the message that Amy Tan delivers straight to heart with her fourth novel, The Bonesetter’s Daughter. The premise of the ...

Pros: Well-written, very interesting story of a complex mother-daughter relationship

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: I would highly recommend The Bonesetter's Daughter, whether the reader is a fan of Amy Tan's work, or just likes a good read.

Review: Last week, Amy Tan was scheduled to conduct a book signing of The Bonesetter's Daughter at Border's here in St. Louis. Unfortunately, she was a "no-show" due to the East Coast snowstorm. I thought I would wait to buy the book until they could...

Pros: so well written, great author and story line.

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Read this book!!! I couldn't put it down...My weekend was lost in this Brilliant "real life feeling" novel.

Review: By exploring the immigrant experience in America, the love and tensions that exist between mothers and daughters, and the ways in which our affections can be lost in translation, Amy Tan is at the height of her storytelling powers in The Bonesetter's...