the writing is clunky but the story sucked me in, and I would periodically stop to look up what the various foods looked like, or the real locations in Singapore on Google Maps. While some of the character motivations seem off to me (Nick's guilelessness, mostly), I don't have a chance of understand...
This novel is supposed to follow the lives of Nick and Rachel, a young couple, who think they know each other and themselves. However, they come from different backgrounds. Just how different? They soon find out. The novel focuses on the family of Nick and their extreme wealth and the insanity that ...
I haven't had this much fun reading a book in ages! I'm really lucky to live in a city with an incredibly diverse Asian population. And even luckier to have had many friends over the years whose moms cooked me amazing food from all parts of Asia. So right off the bat, I was all over the food referen...
Rachel Chu has NOOOOOO idea what she’s getting into when she agrees to accompany her boyfriend Nick to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. As professors struggling to make tenure in New York City, Rachel and Nick live a very modest lifestyle. Little does Rachel know that Nick’s upbringing was ...
Loved it! It is so preposterous it MIGHT actually sound true - and the author does play fast and loose with the truth, even with the Cantonese expletives. A breezy read with acerbic humour. It's the crazy Asia you read in those society magazines.
4.5/5 - Hilarious book. Seemed to leave quite a bit at the end that I would like to explore more. I hope there will be a second book. Only issue with the book was they very long descriptions of the food, clothing, houses, etc. I understand the need to feel just how rich the families were, and how we...
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