Locos, ricos y asiáticos

by Kevin Kwan

No cover — Kevin Kwan: Locos, ricos y asiáticos (Spanish language, 2018)

546 pages

Spanish language

Published Nov. 10, 2018

ISBN:: 978-1-949061-30-7
OCLC Number:: 1041763139

(7 reviews)

Divertidísima, adictiva y rebosante de opulencia, esta novela es una mirada indiscreta y bastante loca al mundo de los superricos asiáticos. Cuando la neoyorquina Rachel Chu acepta pasar el verano en Singapur con su novio, Nicholas Young, imagina un hogar familiar humilde y tiempo a solas con el hombre con el que espera casarse. Pero Nick ha olvidado facilitar ciertos detalles a su novia. En primer lugar, que la casa en la que creció parece un palacio; segundo, que está más acostumbrado a viajar en aviones privados que en coche; tercero, que, aparentemente, es el hombre soltero más codiciado del país. Y, tan pronto como aterriza de su brazo, Rachel se da cuenta de que en ese mundo de riqueza inimaginable sus vacaciones acaban de convertirse en una delirante carrera de obstáculos.

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Kadomi@buecher.pnpde.social reviewed Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Made me crave Singapore hawker food, that's about it

3 stars

I watched the movie when it came out, and I think I liked the movie much better. The book felt kinda anti-climactic, a never-ending series of scenes where the lavish wealth of the Singaporean and HK families were described in detail. The main plot about American-Chinese Rachel visiting her boyfriend's family in Singapore for the first time, and the fallout from that felt less like a plot, it was just there kinda? But I just found out that this is likely because there are more books that continue the story, which makes it feel very open-ended at the end.

But meh, it was well-written, but probably not captivating enough that I want to bother more. If I was Rachel Chu, I would ditch that rich dude posthaste, considering how he treated her, and all the lies.