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Night of Many Dreams: A Novel
by Gail Tsukiyama
from St. Martin's Griffin

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Typical Tsukyama
  Although I would't rate it as dull, I found the outcome to be predictable from the very beginning of the story.

• My least favorite Tsukiyama book so far
  NIGHT OF MANY DREAMS by Gail Tsukiyama
  January 21, 2008
  Rating 3.5/5 stars
  I think this is the third Tsukiyama book I've read and so far the least favorite. It is the story of a Chinese family living in Hong Kong before the start of W.W.II and the communist takeover of China. The story is written from various viewpoints - Emma, the youngest sister who is studious and bright; Joan, the older sister, who only wants to be an actress; and Auntie Go, their mother's sister who runs a knitting... more info

• "Dream" is a snooze
  My book club selected this book because Tsukiyama is one of our favorite authors. Compared to her other novels like Samurai's Garden, Language of Threads and Women of the Silk, Tsukiyama's Night of Many Dreams does not have a compelling story line - mildly interesting, but not a page-turner. It's defintiley not one of her best efforts. Ironically, the title seems to have nothing to do with the tale, except that reading the book might make you snooze.

• I enjoyed the book, but not the sequence of events
  I found this book in a hospital waiting room recently while waiting for a family member receiving a treatment. After about three pages, I was hooked and conned a nurse into letting me borrow it from the hospital.
  Overall, the book was well written, interesting, and informative. If it is historically accurate, I learned some things.
  One thing that I didn't like about this book was that it jumped around so much. For instance, in one scene, Emma and Jack have their first date and in the next, they... more info

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