I have such mixed feelings about this book!

I really enjoyed it... I loved the artistic style of each of the short stories; their page layouts, their creativity, their flow. I loved the writing style too. The stories gripped me and easily kept me reading. I would love to read a full novel in this style. I might have to look up if Tan has any.

But I also feel almost empty after finishing it. And I can't tell if that is an creative exhaustion, a deflation from not enjoying it as much as I would hope, or a sadness that it has ended. Either way I would definitely recommend and the selection of stories could easily be used in the classroom setting, I'm just not sure what I personally have taken from it. Hmm.