First JLC Blog

I’m not really sure if I like this story yet because it was kind of interesting, but so far it’s really weird and sort of confusing. There were lots of references to the game because the joy luck club is where all these women meet up to play mah jongg. From what I can tell so far if I had to write one sentence about the theme of this story it would be After her mother’s death a young woman takes her place playing mah jongg with her mother’s friends and begins to unravel her mother’s true story. I think I would like to read more of this story because, although I’m not really that interested in it, the story of this woman’s mother has intrigued me enough to want to keep reading to learn the story even if it’s one I don’t like. Now that I’ve finished the book I think this story was a really good way to start off the book, except for the fact that I don’t think it is interesting or intriguing enough to get people to want to really continue reading. For example, when I started writing this blog I said I didn't know if I wanted to keep reading because I didn't really like it all that much yet, in fact if this wasn't a school book, I probably would have put it down and stopped reading because I didn't like it. Now that I have finished it I liked it and I would have ended up regretting it if I hadn't finished reading it. Of course when I first started it though I would have never known that I would end up liking the book and I wouldn't regret putting it down because I wouldn't know what I was missing. I guess in a way I sort of have to thank Nijole for forcing me to read this because if she hadn't I would have never read this great book.