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Another book that felt super 80s to me

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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On a recent work trip, I was reading Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie, and it was heavy. There’s a lot going on in my life, and that book was too much for me to handle in a hotel room on my own, so ducked into a library to find something a bit frothy. I immediately came across Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. I am absolutely excited to see the forthcoming movie (mostly because of that amazing cast and because let’s see something different), but hadn’t actually read the book, so it was a fortuitous find. The book is set […]

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4/8/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:6 |

I’m a Poor Person, Get Me Out of Here!

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

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New Yorker Rachel Chu has been dating Nicholas Young for two years when he invites her to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. It’ll be the starting point of a grand summer adventure of travel and amazing food, and the chance to meet all his friends and family. What Nick hasn’t told Rachel is that his family is rich. Crazy, stinking rich. The sort of money that’s difficult to fathom. His grandmother lives in a house so grand it might as well be a palace, and that’s where Nick grew up. Plus there’s the maids and private planes and jewels […]

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3/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:11 |

Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

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Set about two years after China Rich Girlfriend, Rich People Problems starts with an event to bring the whole family together – Su Yi, the matriarch of the Young family, has a heart attack and is not expected to live long, prompting Nick to finally return home in an attempt to reconcile with his beloved grandmother. The family shenanigans are as fun and gossip filled as the rest of the books in the series, and Eddie, the clueless Hong Kong cousin, adds a lot of levity in his attempts to show himself as the most devoted (and fashionable) grandson.  Seeing […]

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1/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

More name dropping and designer brands

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

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I read Crazy Rich Asians a few years ago while on a cruise because it seemed like the perfect book for that type of setting. Despite enjoying it, I was in no rush to read the sequel China Rich Girlfriend because it seemed like a good stand alone novel, and I wasn’t sure I saw the need to continue. While China Rich Girlfriend continues the story of Nick and Rachel, their story isn’t the main plot of this novel. Instead it introduces a few new characters, including Rachel’s long lost father from mainland China, his wife and his son, Carlton, […]

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1/7/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:2 |

Honestly, by the end of the trilogy, I just felt sick.

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

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I really liked Crazy Rich Asians. I’ll still see the movie. I have high hopes. It was a mostly fun look at the immense level of wealth in Singapore, and how these uber-wealthy families live their lives out in the world. And I had some trouble with the second book, China Rich Girlfriend. All the details that had been amusingly shocking in the first book were now just shocking and a bit disgusting. The sheer waste of money on things like clothes and jewelry and handbags was just overwhelming and perplexing to me. And the attempted murder? No thanks. But […]

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7/17/2017 's CBR9 Review No:45 |

More reckless spending on display in the name of excess…

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

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China Rich Girlfriend is Kevin Kwan’s sequel to Crazy Rich Asians. Even though the first book was imperfect in many ways, I really loved it because it was sort of the first time I’ve seen Asians portrayed in an atypical fashion in English-language fiction. I also recognized a lot of my Singapore family in the first book, so I think that helped as well. That being said, I’m really not as keen about the sequel. Rachel Chu and Nick Young is back, as is Nick’s mother, Eleanor. There are a whole host of new characters introduced, while some old faces make […]

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5/25/2017 's CBR9 Review No:5 |

Su Yi’s dying, who’s got the will?

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

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The short, short review: YESSSSSSS! The short review: the Youngs of Tyersall Park are back in fine form in the last entry in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. If you enjoyed either of the first two books, you’re going to want to read this one. The long review: from the end of Crazy Rich Asians, readers had to know this book was coming. With Nick, the long-presumed heir of Tyersall Park, disinherited, who was going to get the estate and all that fabulous wealth? Ethereal goddess Astrid? Venal Eddie? One of the innumerable other Young cousins? It could go any […]

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5/16/2017 's CBR9 Review No:19 |

The last one was fun. This one felt more like homework.

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

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Remember a few years ago when the ridiculously fun Crazy Rich Asians came out? And we all devoured it and laughed and said, well, that was crazy but it was fun, and then forgot about it? Well, our favorite (and lots of our not-so-favorite) crazy, rich Asians are back in the sequel. China Rich Girlfriend is still the story of Rachel and Nick, and how their marriage has broken apart Nick’s family. But this book is about soooooooo much more. And I don’t necessarily mean that in a good way. Not only do we revisit every single character from the first book, […]

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