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tien's review
3.0
A queer title, I thought, though if I speak/read Chinese, there’s probably some sort of pun that was lost to translation. In any case, after the read, I can guess that “Big Breasts and Wide Hips” refer to strong women (a rather sexist way but then again I’d infer something was lost in translation). The story, however, is told from the point of view of the only son of the Shangguan family; from his conception to his 50s. Unfortunately, he is a coward and all around weak in character. This serves as a foil to the women around him especially his mother and his sisters. They all have their own mind and chose to go their own way but he was unable to find his own way much less pave it on his own. His mother and sisters were frustrated with him but I really thought, it was really their own fault for spoiling him so much starting with his mother breastfeeding him and not his twin sister then to keep on breastfeeding him until he was about 7 (this was a bit unpalatable to me and he wasn’t eating any solids either!) and then giving him the money and opportunities and pointing out the ways for him to go… Yep, “spoon-feeding” is definitely not the way to bring up your child but that was/is the Chinese culture. I just have to note that there were other male characters who were not weak.
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