Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

66 reviews

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have a lot to say. Not a fan of the writing style. Or Nicks grandma and mother Eleanor.

When she was talking about Rachel not being good enough it reminded me so much of my mother.

The only normal person in that was Phillip young, nicks father. Idk just wow. I love Rachel and her mom’s relationship. I understand why she did what she did. Amazing. Kinda drawn out, like half of it was chicks talking about wealth and money and how much stuff they had. I didn’t hate Michael because he was also the only normal guy

but the way he reacted towards wealth, but come on man that was a coward move. Anything else would be better.

I mean it’s Astrid, me too man. Makes sense why Charlie is still head over heals for her, because same. And Colin was normal also. I love how genuinely tired he is (even if it’s like depression) there wasn’t really a lot of mental health issues present in it. So I’m glad we got a little of that in it. Bernard is a complete dick.  Fuck him. So overall I loved it, even though it was confusing to follow. I will not remember most of their names finishing the rest of the trilogy though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

macknificent's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 64%

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I'm letting myself let this one go, DNF. 

This started out as a really fun read. However, with each passing chapter it became more tedious, the characters become less likeable, and the author's prejudices became more evident. 

I did enjoy this movie for what it was, I don't need the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, Car accident, Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content

aseel_reads's review against another edition

2.0

funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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my favourite thing about this was seeing rich east asians flaunt their money, that was it. the plot was meh, very predictable and the ending was so vague. there was no growth of characters and the main characters were very flat. i also didn't like the use of a lot of racial slurs and the term exotic used to describe good looking asian people, felt creepy 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol

kayesomething's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Racism, Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs

yogomagpie's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was starting to feel fatigued with this book about halfway through. I think it was a combination of the detailed descriptions (I’m mixed on this—I enjoyed visualizing and immersing myself in the glitzy stuff but I also wanted the story to get on with it) and some of the very shallow characters. For example: Eddie. I don’t really understand the point of him being there other than to add an extra coating of crazy rich (which, again, while entertaining I just wanted the story to moooove). Once we got to the wedding everything started rolling and I couldn’t put the book down. Nick finally getting a clue and standing up for Rachel was so satisfying. I absolutely loved the last handful of pages where we learn about Kerry’s past. At first I wasn’t sure if I would continue on to the next book in the trilogy but now I’m interested to read more about what happens next, especially with Astrid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity

Minor: Antisemitism

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Blood

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent

februaryfriday's review against another edition

2.0

funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i don’t really know what to say about this.
i expected this to be really funny and lighthearted, but it didn’t really live up to my expectations. 

firstly, there is very little plot. 
most of this book is just crazy rich asians gossiping and estimating how much x is worth and whether they’re worthy of being with, followed by long descriptions of luxurious properties and their interior or the designer someone wore. for me personally, it was really hard to get through and i found myself skimming a lot of it.
the most crucial flaw for me was probably the character’s personality, or lack thereof. they all were shallow and unlikable with very few exceptions, but even those weren’t fleshed out at all. i know the cast is supposed to be that way, but it just wasn’t interesting to me and the characters just could not bring me to care enough, which is why i almost dnf’ed it. in retrospect, maybe i should have since there wasn’t anything happening in the end that was able to change my mind about this novel.

in conclusion, i wouldn’t recommend this if you’re a character driven reader like me who really needs to empathize and identify with the characters they read about, because unless you’re a crazy rich singaporean, you won’t. in that case, it might be better to just watch the movie if you’re interested.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

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Not hilarious or heartwarming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Car accident

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts

gatorskulls's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse