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At first the over-the-top characters grated on me, but gradually I got into the spirit of things and found myself enjoying the ludicrous melodrama. I ended up really enjoying this!! Balancing the melodrama with Rachel’s down-to-earth American attitude was genius. The story is told with an omniscient narrator, bouncing from scene to scene a like a TV soap, with each vignette ending on a tiny cliff-hanger.
The ending surprised me a bit, because some of the storylines were not resolved. I guess that ...more
The ending surprised me a bit, because some of the storylines were not resolved. I guess that ...more
I listened to this book. Super entertaining and light.
The main thing for me were all the food descriptions. Omg! Makes me want to go back and visit Singapore......
The main thing for me were all the food descriptions. Omg! Makes me want to go back and visit Singapore......
This was fun, although sometimes the antics of the characters were a bit much. I enjoyed reading the descriptions of the Asian cities as it was like revisiting them. I read it on audiobook and the production was excellent.
The narrator did a great job with all the different dialects and that added to the fun although I was irritated to hear “zh” pronounced “z” instead of with a hard j as in jump.
The narrator did a great job with all the different dialects and that added to the fun although I was irritated to hear “zh” pronounced “z” instead of with a hard j as in jump.
I read this book because I had heard about the movie. For what it is, it was okay.
I saw the movie first and confess that I might have liked the movie better! But that's likely just a "saw it first" reaction. This is good fun in a very soap operatic sense, and an excellent, light "beach read" as well. My only issue with it is that I don't care one bit about any of the characters except Rachel. According to the blurbs on the inside front pages, Kirkus Reviews said of this book, "....Edith Wharton goes to Singapore..." and that's exactly what it reminds me of. Hm, kind of want t
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I made it 15 pages. Couldn’t do it. This is one where I’ll watch the movie over the book any day.
Dec 28, 2017
Isabel
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