Crazy Rich Asian: Kevin Kwan
Ok, I'm not going to lie, I hated this book. There was too much going on between the story line with Rachel and Nick, then Astrid and her marriage and then everything with Eleanor and her family, this family tree is too big and trying to force everything into one book and it was sort of hard to follow. You have Rachel and Nick, living in New York and go to Singapore for Nick's best friend's wedding where she meets his extended family who is one of the richest families in Asia. From there we meet Nick's cousins: Astrid, who finds out her husband is cheating on her in the weeks leading up to the wedding, Eddie, a bigwig banker in Hong Kong who treats his wife and children like show props, Alistair, who deviated from the family expectations and works as a film director and recently engaged to a soap opera star plus many more. Nick's mother, aunts and friends do not like nor accept Rachel into the family no matter that everyone else likes her, thinking she is a gold-digging American-Born Chinese. With a lot of ups and downs, Rachel and Nick make it through the wedding, break-up and get back together.
Good Lord, I have never read a book that had so many confusing points of view and complicated story lines. There really was too much going on between Eleanor sabotaging Nick and Rachel, Nick and Rachel doing their own thing and Astrid finding out her husband is cheating on her and flipping back and forth seems to lose focus on the story. It was very true to Asian culture which I did enjoy being introduced to, a tool the author used was putting footnotes at the bottom of the pages that explained or defined certain phrases used that many people wouldn't know. Overall, I really do think this book was over-hyped due to the movie coming out. I personally won't go see it in theaters but I'll get it from the Redbox when it comes out on Blu-ray but until then, this really wasn't my cup of herbal tea.
Pros:
Very true to Asian Culture
Cons:
Too many complicated story lines
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