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Last Tang Standing

Lauren Ho

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Jul 25, 2021 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: asia, e-book, chicklit, romance, culture, contemporary, race, women

So.. What I like about this book is it tries to show how Asian culture (in this case, Chinese Singaporean/Malaysian) works. The family dinamic, the marriage vs career dilemma, the conflict between traditional culture and modern lives. They're all good.

But... unfortunately, the main character is super annoying, I can't relate at all with Andrea Tang, a 33 year old Chinese Malaysian who works as a senior associate in a big law firm in Singapore, whose life is consisted of whining, shoping for bra ...more

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Feb 16, 2023 Traci rated it really liked it · review of another edition

funny but thought provoking read

Well on one hand this is a light hearted story with many laugh out loud moments it is also a reflection on what makes us happy in life Andrea is so driven to do the things that make her mother happy that she often forgets about her own happiness. I’m sure many people pleasers can relate. The internal struggle is well presented in the epistolary style of diary writing and the reader can tell how troubled Andrea is with her decisions. I really liked it after she had ...more

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