Rate this book

The Reeducation Of Cherry Truong: A Novel (2012)

by Aimee Phan(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0312322682 (ISBN13: 9780312322687)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: Slow to start, I found this book to be very difficult to get immersed in. I was interested to see where the paths of this family went, from Vietnam to Malaysia and later France and America. The circumstances resulted in many characters’ unhappiness but I can’t help but feel like the abrupt, and choppy writing style added to my icky mood while reading. The overall tone of the novel was very stoic. Normally, I am a huge fan of multi-point of view stories, but here I felt the bouncing around didn’t bounce fast enough. Cherry, who in the title appears to be the main character, was overshadowed by her mean-spirited, elder relatives. I even debated putting it down but I’d already invested a week in the book so I managed to stick through to the end. The last quarter p... moreeaked my interest, but just as I was getting invested in the present day storyline, and finally learning more about Cherry as a character, the novel was coming to an end. Overall, disappointed. :(
review 2: Really enjoyed. Hard to read at times because you have to pay attention to the names and the generations, but an interesting look at a first generation Vietnamese family as they leave the country and resettle in California and France. The book goes back and forth over the family's history and explores the dynamics of relationships and shows (over and over) that just because it seems that way ... it ain't necessarily so. I will come back to this book in a year or two ... I think it is a strong enough story to revisit. less

Download links for: The Reeducation of Cherry Truong: A Novel

Advertising