The Joy Luck Club
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The Joy Luck Club
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Narrated by:
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Gwendoline Yeo
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Written by:
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Amy Tan
About this listen
For decades, a quartet of Chinese women who have emigrated to San Francisco gather to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk—they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Over the years, their stories have informed the lives of four daughters who feel the weight of family and world history on their shoulders. With wit and sensitivity, this novel explores the deep, complicated, and sometimes painful connections between mothers and daughters.
Amy Tan entices listeners to immerse themselves into the complex lives of these women.
©2006 Amy Tan (P)2022 Phoenix BooksWhat listeners say about The Joy Luck Club
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Johannah
- 2020-11-01
Excellent writing.
this is petty but it really bothered me that in one part of the story the reader gave a Chinese accent to Mr. St Claire accidently. its only one brief part but I checked and double checked an outline of chapters and characters online to be sure. the rest of the time he has an American accent.
some of the voices also bothered me because they were unnecessarily high pitched or deep, like ugly voices for old or poor people. however there are a lot of characters and coming up with different voices for all of them is extremely difficult so I dont want to fault the reader too much for this. her acting and vocal expression were quite good and so this is why I still gave a 4 star rating despite these small annoyances and mistakes.
the story itself is quite masterful.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- William Jones
- 2022-06-28
A classic
Loved the story a must read you don’t want it to end!!
I recommend it
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-05-27
Bad narration
The narrating of this book ruined the storyline for me. Not long into this story and I already don’t like it.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-01-24
Masterful story telling
Shared heritage, family secrets and the cycle of life all play a part in this relatable story.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Kayla
- 2020-06-23
Worst Narrorator Choice in the History of Ever.
This is the most terrible narration I have ever been subjected to in my life. It's like some anti-asain asain person mocking their family members way of speaking as opposed to telling a story. Every so often she flips to perfect English for a random characters. If this was an attempt to make it immersive it did the absolute opposite. I probably won't even be able to appreciate the story since the narration is so terrible.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Pamela Charlet
- 2020-06-08
Look at life of an Asian woman
Slow story line
Meaningful but superstitious ways of Asian family delved into by author was enlightening.
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