The Hundred Secret Senses

The Hundred Secret Senses

Amy Tan1998
A best-seller by the author of The Joy Luck Club is told in turns by two sisters in conflict, one thoroughly Americanized and one thoroughly preoccupied with her family's origins in Manchurian China. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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Eva Ströberg@cphbirdlady
3 stars
Jul 19, 2024

I really want to like this book, I do and I think the story is quite interesting, but I'm sometimes lost in the narration of Kwan's second life that I found it so long-winding and irrelevant to the rest of the book.

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Yulande Lindsay@lande5191
3 stars
Jun 6, 2022

I'll be honest, I had seriously mixed feelings about this particular novel. First of all I was unable to warm up to the narrator, which I suppose was the point, but the problem was I was unable to warm u to the second protagonist, Kwan whom the book focuses on! I think this is because although we are told a lot about her, we still don't really know her. Frankly the most interesting parts of this books were the forays into what Kwan claims to be is her past life. Would have liked much more of that. Not a bad novel, but it failed to engage me.

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em@sojukvlt
3 stars
Aug 30, 2024
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Peanne@leannidus
5 stars
Feb 12, 2024
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pey leigh@y3arning
3 stars
Jan 7, 2024
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Laura Mauler@blueskygreenstrees
4 stars
Dec 25, 2023
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Barbara@brubru
3 stars
May 7, 2023
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Ali Angco@aliangco
3 stars
Mar 26, 2023
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Monique Baham@moniqueb
4 stars
Mar 5, 2023
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Jaymie Lemke@lemkegirl
5 stars
Jul 26, 2022
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Bee @izziewithay
4 stars
Mar 1, 2022
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Zoe Deckard@ayearinbookswithzoe
5 stars
Feb 25, 2022
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Stephanie Cox@perstephani
3 stars
Feb 22, 2022
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Jennifer A.@miesie112
3 stars
Feb 8, 2022
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L C@chirpy07
4 stars
Jan 24, 2022
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Tracey O’Rourke@simiavus
3 stars
Jan 9, 2022
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Eva@evamaren
5 stars
Nov 17, 2021
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Eva@evamaren
5 stars
Nov 17, 2021
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Megan Cooper@mec
3 stars
Nov 4, 2021
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Mahasin S Ameen@fivefootsmall
3 stars
Sep 14, 2021
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Christine Liu@christineliu
4 stars
Sep 1, 2021