Crazy Rich Asians (Movie Tie-In Edition)

from MickyFine

When Nick Young invites his girlfriend, Rachel Chu, to spend the summer with him in Asia - starting with attending the wedding of Nick's best friend and meeting Nick's family - Rachel is a tiny bit anxious. When Nick and Rachel arrive in Singapore, she discovers that her boyfriend is a member of ...

from doehlberg63

Crazy Rich Asians really did live up to the title in SO many ways! Personally, it was not my kind of story, as the majority of it was about vain people with too much money and time on their hands to do anything meaningful with either. However, I did love the Nick/Rachel couple and was pulling for...

from GeauxGetLit

I've been wanting to watch the tv series but I had to read the book first of course. This was a total binge read. Told from multiple points of view. Rachel is going to Singapore with her boyfriend for the summer. Rachel doesn't know how rich his family is. Of course Nicks mom hates Rachel and wil...

from Paperpuss

Just plain fun reading. Full of satirical stereotypes with a plus for those enjoy name dropping of luxury goods and high fashion. No redeeming literary merit, who cares.

from lisamunro

I didn't finish this, as I couldn't really care quite enough about the characters. The novel seems to try to take a Carl Hiaasen approach and weave multiple stories into a single narrative, though it seemed less than effective here. There's some conflict as Rachel tries to square the guy she know...