Title: Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians #1)

Author: Kevin Kwan

Publisher: Anchor 2013

Genre: Fiction

Pages: 546

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges:

When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor.

On Nick’s arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers.

Hmmm… I wasn’t that excited about this one at all. I like the overall plot line, but the characters and writing style bothered me. The writing often switched perspective and was very juvenile at times. The descriptions of the settings were very interesting and lush. But when we focused on a character and especially dialogue, the writing style started to fall apart. The pages did not flow like I was expecting. Many of the characters were a bit boring and I just didn’t want to read about them. Lastly, I felt a little weird and icky reading about people who have more money than they know what to do with. It was very tone deaf at times.

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