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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7763.The_Joy_Luck_Club?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Joy Luck Club" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1208482093m/7763.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7763.The_Joy_Luck_Club?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Joy Luck Club</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5246.Amy_Tan">Amy Tan</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16821282?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>I truly enjoyed Amy Tan's style of writing (this is the first book of hers that I've read). She has a way of saying things that evokes so much emotion and I truly admire that about her as a storyteller. I especially love how in blending the story of the Chinese mothers and their Chinese-American daughters that she makes you feel as if you are a part of these women's lives and their culture and she draws you into their circle and into their individual psyches. I really understood and identified with each and every one of these women on a different level. <br/> <br/>I saw the movie when I was younger and it touched me in a way that instantly made it one of my absolute favorites. The book is good as well, but I only gave it three stars because there wasn't much about the book that really set it apart from the movie for me. A little bit more detail was given in a few of the individual stories, but not enough for me to say that I got a deeper understanding of the story than I did from the film. <br/> <br/>I think what I liked about the film the most is that as each of the mothers imparted their stories to their daughters, you saw each of the daughters internalize that wisdom and that emotion, and it helped them resolve their own futures. You get that some in the book, but not as intensely as you do in the film version. <br/> <br/>So I'll review it this way -- if you haven't seen the movie, you will most likely love the book. But if you've already seen the movie, you'll like the book, but I'm not sure if you'll love it (I think that's an individual decision because they are both wonderful). <br/> <br/>For me, finishing the book just made me want to see the movie again (which I haven't seen in ages). Amazon.com here I come! <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/566076?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>