Things I liked:-The love triangle and insta-love cliches are sort-of turned on their heads, which was a pleasant surprise. I wish Li Lan could have gotten with a guy who was less chauvinistic though, but at least she actually had developed chemistry with Er Lang.-The world-building is PHENOMENAL, I ...
The Chinese tradition of a ghost (or posthumous) marriage is, as far as I know, confined to those who practice the Taoist 'faith'. I shall not expound on the cultural and anthropological reasons for this, as this information can readily be found online. In this story, a marriage is being arranged be...
4.5/5 starsI have wanted to read this book since I first laid eyes on the cover in 2013. It's gorgeous and the premise of the book was so interesting that I wanted to go out and buy it immediately. For some unknown reason i never did buy it but this week when I was looking for something to read on O...
A Ghost Bride is when a woman is married to a dead man to soothe his restless spirit. When the richest family in the town of Malacca in Malaya loses their son and heir, they go to a family whose debt they owe to find a bride for him, Li Lan. Li Lan doesn't wish to be a ghost bride and her dreams s...
I was irritated at the beginning and bored in the middle and in the end decided that even if I got to the end, I wouldn't have enjoyed the book.The book is clearly aimed at anyone who has no understanding of Chinese culture, as nearly every paragraph is filled with explanations of various customs, n...
A historical romance that takes place in Malaya in the end of the nineteenth century. This novel shows us the richness and complexity of the Asian culture through the eyes of seventeen year old, Li Lan. This is one of those books that I have difficulty reviewing, because it was basically a carouse...
The Ghost Bride: A Novel - Yangsze Choo "I have trespassed where no living person ought to have. I have spoken with the dead, served in their houses, and eaten spirit offerings."Fans of Lisa See's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love will enjoy Yangsze Choo's captivating debut novel,...
I was at the library when the gorgeous cover of the Ghost Bride caught my attention. Glad it did because Ghost Bride was wonderful and beautifully written. Choo describes places, people , and food vividly so it was easy to imagine the story as I read. The book was completely absorbing for me because...
As I continue my way around the world in books, this one caught my eye not just because of the locale -- Malaysia -- but also for the use of folktales. Set in the Straits Chinese communities of Malaysia, The Ghost Bride tells a story of a custom that many of us haven't an inkling of here in the Stat...
The title of the book captured my attention immediately. I just had to read it.Li Lan, the eighteen-year-old narrator stemmed from a Chinese family who settled in Malaya in the 1800s. Although there were various other influences in their lives from the multitude of cultures present at the time, incl...
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