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3.21 AVERAGE
3.21 AVERAGE
I enjoyed this on audio. It is very similar to The Nest, but with a Chinese-American family in California. If you need likeable characters, this isn't the book for you.
Are other families like Asian families? From what little I've gathered, I'm leaning heavily towards no. I think Kathy Wang does a pretty good job covering the almost emotionless (or, maybe this is just relative, but no, not really) relationship between Asian parents and children.
My mind's doing a pretty poor job separating this book from Free Food For Millionaires though. There are similarities between both books, but this one reads more...comically, and more modern. (And this one's definitely not AS crazy, ridiculous, and poorly-written as Crazy Rich Asians.)
The trend for me this year or so seems to be reading about Asians and their successes (and relative failures, but only because they're not as successful as others also at the top). It's kind of off-putting. Like, these books are humble-bragging.
I'd say I liked Kate the best. She made the best out of a bad situation (read: CES event and... happenings), and it worked out, so that was nice.
My mind's doing a pretty poor job separating this book from Free Food For Millionaires though. There are similarities between both books, but this one reads more...comically, and more modern. (And this one's definitely not AS crazy, ridiculous, and poorly-written as Crazy Rich Asians.)
The trend for me this year or so seems to be reading about Asians and their successes (and relative failures, but only because they're not as successful as others also at the top). It's kind of off-putting. Like, these books are humble-bragging.
I'd say I liked Kate the best. She made the best out of a bad situation (read: CES event and... happenings), and it worked out, so that was nice.
emotional
funny
good writing, but story went on too long. all characters were not very lovable.
Hard to love this book because all of the characters are pretty unlikable, but Wang did end up having me root for them. It is the story of Stanley Huang who is dying from pancreatic cancer. His two grown children Fred and Kate, his second wife Mary, and Linda, his first wife (all Chinese Americans) all wait on tenterhooks to see how much money he will be passing to them. Yes, pretty horrible, but despite this, and the plunge into the less than noble business ventures of Fred and Kate, you do end up caring for the characters. Much too much emphasis on money and wealth, but obviously Wang has much to say about it. Easy reading, if often (I hope!) over the top.
I'm trying to read more different genres and this was a good introduction to general fiction. The story was entertaining, I had a lot of fun reading about these unlikeable characters.
DNF 178 pgs then skimmed the rest - I really tried with this book, but I didn't feel like any of the characters were set up to grow or develop as people. I didn't really like any of them. Linda was fine, so I ended up reading the rest of her chapters, but everyone else was kind of horrible. The plot was predictable and ultimately disappointing.
Interesting but no one seemed particularly likable, except maybe the daughter, and it all just felt kind of...cold.