Multi POV

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 

 I am not the biggest fan of perspective changes for chapters, especially in an audiobook; I have a hard time keeping track of all of the characters, especially since this focused on four mothers and their respective daughters. I can handle a duel POV with the MMC and FMC, but that's about it. Despite the fact that I had to wait for clues to determine which character was the focus of the chapter, I did enjoy this book. We saw the immigrant experience and the first generation American experience and how that can exacerbate the typical mother-daughter challenges. While I think I would have liked this more in the physical book format, it was still enjoyable. I was confused as to what happened to the mother whose own mother killed herself (the 3rd concubine); who raised her? Did she go back to her aunt and uncles? I think it was answered earlier in the book, but I'm not sure because I couldn't go back and check easily. I liked that the book ended with the same character that it started with, the one who just lost her mother, and that it ended with her meeting her half sisters in a joyful meeting. Being able to flip back to previous chapters, or to annotate and leave myself notes would have helped with this eight person point of view book. However, I am glad that I read it and I would recommend, just not in audiobook format.