Marissa's review
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
I read Amy Tan for the first time as a student in college and was blown away. The Joy Luck Club led me to read this one and, as is my fashion, I have lugged it around with me from house to house and state to state swearing to read it again. Well, I didn't read it again this time, but I did listen to it and loved it all over again.
Amy Tan is a skilled story teller who can weave past with present seamlessly. The only small problem I had with the text was that one of the narrators, who is in her 70s, is able to remember unbelievable detail about her life as a young woman. Beyond that stretch, I thoroughly enjoyed the book which, I am glad to say, wraps up in the end but still leaves a little bit of a question for one character in the story.
Overall, a great book.
Amy Tan is a skilled story teller who can weave past with present seamlessly. The only small problem I had with the text was that one of the narrators, who is in her 70s, is able to remember unbelievable detail about her life as a young woman. Beyond that stretch, I thoroughly enjoyed the book which, I am glad to say, wraps up in the end but still leaves a little bit of a question for one character in the story.
Overall, a great book.
