The Ghost Bride in SBTB Goodreads Group

Sep 17, 2020 Sha rated it really liked it

Shelves: a-pretty-cover, a-title-to-remember

Plot: A rich woman proposes an impoverished girl marry her son's ghost, and despite the girls' protests she finds herself haunted till she has to take drastic measures.

1. This book is slower than what I usually like because my preferences lean more towards snappy dialogue than lyrical descriptions. However, there was enough meat in the plot- enough stakes, menace and interesting worldbuilding to keep me reading at a relatively steady pace.

2. This story took a lot of turns I wasn't expecting? I m ...more

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Jun 27, 2017 Emily rated it liked it

Shelves: romance, fantasy, dragons, demons, china, literature

I started out really enjoying this book, but it kinds of went off the rails in the last third. This was interesting to read because I wasn't that familiar with Chinese or Malaysian culture, but I thought that Yangsze Choo did a good job introducing the reader to those cultures without over-explaining it. I was really interested in Li Lan's story and her journey through the spirit world. However, one of the major plot lines, the corruption in the afterlife, gets dealt with off screen. I figured t ...more

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May 17, 2015 Shevaun rated it really liked it

It was nice. Bogged down for me towards the end, and the ending was a bit too much telling rather than showing. But cute.

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Jun 11, 2017 hipcait rated it did not like it

Shelves: didn-t-finish

I was SO excited for this book. The plot and the mix of genres sounded fascinating, but it's just not well written. It has the feel of a pretty good draft based around a really good idea that's had the life beaten out of it by an editor. Specifically an editor who asked the writer to overexplain everything so Americans will understand. I couldn't get past 20 pages because I felt like the writer didn't trust me as a reader at all. ...more

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