The Ghost Bride: A Novel
by:
Yangsze Choo (author)
Yangsze Choo,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by HarperCollins Publishers on 08-06-2013
Yangsze Choo,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by HarperCollins Publishers on 08-06-2013
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780062227324 (0062227327)
ASIN: 9780062227324
Publish date: 06-08-2013
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition language: English
This is set in Malaya in 1893 and is narrated by Li Lan, the sheltered daughter of a now bankrupt but still fairly respectable family. She would normally be expected to marry, but her father, grief-stricken after smallpox killed his wife when Li Lan was very young, withdrew from the world and began ...
I had a lot of fun with this book, a plot-driven historical fantasy novel whose fantastical elements are based on Chinese conceptions of the afterlife. Admittedly, I found part one (of four) a little tedious: this segment is more historical fiction than fantasy, and doesn’t play as much to Choo’s st...
This book sat unread on my Kindle for nearly three-and-a-half years. For NEARLY THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS I deprived myself of the beautiful, evocative storytelling of Yangsze Choo. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!?!? (No, wait. Don’t answer that.) Semi-incoherent gushing to follow. This book is gorgeous. The...
The Ghost Bride is one of those books where you have to endure a bit and set aside some initial impatience (with the pace, with the characters, with the romance setup) until the story takes off and it all starts to evolve. There’s a lot to love here. The beautiful imagery, the cast of characters, th...
Ghostly, entertaining jaunt. Foreign setting, lots of fantasy, family intrigues and romance. Teens and young adults would be a good audience for this one. I liked it well enough, though I wanted to thump some sense into Li Lan several times. And she does the distressed damsel quite a bit. And some...
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