It keeps me entertained and I am not any bit sorry for it. Though I loved the first few chapters leading up to Rachel and Nick’s eventual marriage ( is this even a spoiler?), the couple took a back seat in this story. Color me slightly weirded out that I am still giving out 4s for books in this series knowing that I have this “slight” (what? the term is relative) aversion to shallow and selfish characters - but you know what, I don’t care. One word: CRAZY. I knew even before reading this book and finishing the first one that I am signing up for some other-worldly crazy antics of these outrageously privileged people, but I still came out surprised. “At some point, we all have to pay the price for our excesses, don’t we?” CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND And also, Nick Young? He made it to my book boyfriend list! (Though I seriously think he should’ve prepared Rachel BEFORE bringing her to SG.)Ĭharlie Wu freakin’ broke my heart. There are so many things you can close and work with there that can give this a more decent ending without missing the “wanting” element for a sequel.īut you know what? Despite the obvious flaws, it still achieved what so very few chick lits failed to give me – it kept me wanting, it kept me entertained, it kept me interested. Some reviews remarked that this reminds them of Gossip Girl, but set in Asia – and I can see why.

Maybe because it has a sequel (thank God it’s already available) but I just wished Kevin Kwan milked out some of it more.

There were so many things that were left hanging at that ending. The sudden shift in POVs inside a chapter also presented a challenge and needed some getting used to. The book introduced too many characters at once that made it a bit confusing at first. The importance of family, class, the speed to which gossip travels among the clan (LOL), unrealistic expectations on children, the sub-class societal expectations for women (psssshhhhh!), the sad prejudices for single parents, and gaaaahd, the parading of wealth I can only glimpse following entertainment blogs and news. I am not crazy rich but being an Asian myself, some of the elements really hit home. This book is delicious, light, over-the-top, funny and on-all-marks entertaining. This book was a sleeper hit for me, in a sense that I initially dismissed it as another chick lit that I’m just gonna read for the heck of it - but then pages and pages after, I was hooked! ( I even changed my rating from 3 to 4 after a week!) It was fun AND relatable. Series: #1 and #2 of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogyįew days after I finished reading this, one thought runs over and over on my mind: this is a book (series) I never knew I needed. I’ve had this book in my shelf for a while now but for some reason, I always always put it off – but now, I know that I’ve been blindly walking over a gold mine all this time. Title: Crazy Rich Asian + China Rich Girlfriend This post originally appeared in Coffee-Stained Dreams.

China rich girlfriend review