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Join Our Spoiler-Welcome Discussion of T. Kingfisher’s Books  

The Scope May Have Been Too Wide/Ambitious

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

August 26, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I loved Yangsze Choo’s novel, The Ghost Bride, so I was happy when I discovered that this novel had been released, and immediately bought it. It is set in 1930s Malaysia and has three different characters whose lives end up interweaving in odd ways. There is Ji Lin, a young woman, who is working in the city as a dress maker and moon lighting as a dancer.  Though she had higher ambitions, her family would not let her go into a profession, and only eventually […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: colonialism, magical realism, malaysia, The Night Tiger, Yangsze Choo

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: colonialism, magical realism, malaysia, The Night Tiger, Yangsze Choo ·
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Not Very Good

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

August 2, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

I don’t know what else to say about this book besides I didn’t enjoy it. The dual POVs didn’t help and the whole thing with Jin Li and who she really loved grossed me out. Sorry, I just thought that the whole book was a mess and I still don’t understand everything that was going on. “The Night Tiger” follows Jin Li who is working at a dance hall trying to earn money to pay down her mother’s gambling debts. We have her recounting her […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: historical fiction, magical realism, The Night Tiger, Yangsze Choo

Classic's CBR11 Review No:184 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: historical fiction, magical realism, The Night Tiger, Yangsze Choo ·
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