The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan Reviews

I'd never heard of Amy Tan until I was given this book by a friend who was sure I would enjoy it. I've since found out that she's written a few books and I hope to read them all, because if this book is anything to go by, they're all going to be brilliant. I found this book very difficult to put down. It has such a lovely simplistic yet realistic ...  Read the complete review

Across the Cultural Divide. Ruth Young has a problem that seems insurmountable. The daughter of an American father (deceased) and a Chinese mother, whose health is failing and a long-term but unstable relationship with her boyfriend, Art and his two growing girls, she has little time to herself. In her late forties she no longer ...  Read the complete review

I think that the Bonesetter's Daughter is a captivating novel. Amy Tan had been able to capture the Chinese culture, thinking and used vivid imagination to illustrate this. What is unique is that she is able to inculcate both the Chinese and American cultures in a humorous and amazing way. Within the novel itself, contains many ...  Read the complete review

This is the second novel that I’ve read by Amy Tan and I’m beginning to realise that a pattern is forming. I have previously read ‘The Kitchen God’s wife’ and now in ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’, Tan’s narrative again tells the story from both the perspective of an American woman and ...  Read the complete review

The mystery of China has always been an evocative subject for fiction. Perhaps it is the old superstitions and legends that provoke such passion. The Bonesetter's Daughter is a story based on such superstition. It is a many-layered tale of the complex relationship between mothers and daughters. It begins in present-day San Francisco ...  Read the complete review

“The heart of this story belongs to my grandmother, it’s voice to my mother. I give them credit for anything good and have already promised I will try harder next time” This forms part of Amy Tan’s introduction to “The Bonesetter’s Daughter”. It is, perhaps, a good indication that the story that ...  Read the complete review