China Rich Girlfriend is the extremely funny sequel to Kevin Kwan's first novel Crazy Rich Asians. I realised that I read them in the wrong order (because the book wasn't very clear that it was a sequel) but that's okay! It flows very well regardless. After watching a few videos of author interviews I realised that the title's actually supposed to be about Asians who are crazy rich rather than Asians who are crazy and rich. Do you see the distinction? About the ultra rich in Asia it provides a humourous and shocking view into the lives of the rich and famous we can only imagine. Of course, it is clearly not to be taken seriously in every word so read it for what it is rather than isn't. It is refreshing though to have a chicklit(ish) novel based on people of an Asian background and written by a male none the less. And why shouldn't it be? He does a terrific (spiffingly) good job. It's always nice as well when you can sort of relate to a book and its jokes - for those who may be slightly less acquainted with Singapore slang, there are many helpful footnotes providing explanations.
It was the kind of book through that made me wonder, is it racist to laugh about them if they're making fun of or joking about at least, another culture that isn't your own? I suppose it depends on what sort of mindset you're reading it with because that could apply to a whole host of books. In the very least, just read it!
It was the kind of book through that made me wonder, is it racist to laugh about them if they're making fun of or joking about at least, another culture that isn't your own? I suppose it depends on what sort of mindset you're reading it with because that could apply to a whole host of books. In the very least, just read it!
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