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Monday, Jun. 03, 2002 |
2:31 p.m. |
The Bonesetter�s DaughterAmy Tan Fiction
I really enjoyed The Joy Luck Club and The Hundred Secret Senses, both written by Tan. I was expecting the same kind of shocking, family oriented novel. The Bonesetter�s Daughter does follow Tan�s traditional mother-daughter conflict which is resolved when the daughter learns of her mother�s past in China. The same happens in this novel. However, I did not feel the closure that I had felt in the other two books that I had read of Tan�s. The mother�s story is, of course, filled with touching tragedy and hardship but I do not see the character development of the daughter when she achieves understanding of her mother. I did enjoy the book, if not only for the plot.
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