Baba's Reviews > China Rich Girlfriend

The engaged to be married outliers of super rich global society who dared to get real jobs and live 'small', our main protagonists Rachel and Nick find themselves in the East, as Rachel hopes to meet her dad (oh yes!); in addition someone in the group has a startlingly rich girlfriend, did I say rich, I meant 'China rich'! Astrid has problems of her own at home and away; and Kitty Pong's seemingly desperate attempts at getting recognition by the ultra class are proving a tad transparent and vulgar!

There's a bit of Crazy Rich Asians style humour around the ultra rich, but this book sees some evolution as it is very much more character driven with compelling stories that kept me far more interested than the first book. The comedy was used much more sparingly, which also worked better for me. I also like how Kwan puts forth the ascendance of the mainland Chinese at the ultra rich table and how it is perceived especially by the old families. All in all a good, and despite my sombre review a fun read 7 out of 12, Three Star bash :)

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