A review by quesara
Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho

emotional funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is very Crazy Rich Asians meets The Hating Game but in a diary-entry style of writing. I think that’s what made this story difficult to keep me engaged in was that the diary-entry writing glossed over many of the book’s highlights that kept the plot going. 

For example with the romance scenes or the date scenes with Eric and Orson, we only got the recapped version whereas I would’ve preferred to read them as they happened. I fell like that could’ve established the romance and helped the story flow so much better. I also felt like the romance with Suresh just kind of came out of nowhere? Like one moment is a yay Eric and the next is Suresh looks good today, I’m into him now. It felt very disorganized in many places. (/spoiler)

Aside from that, I enjoyed Andrea’s condescending tone in the book and her outlook on the world. There were many times that I clasped my hand to my mouth at some plot twists. This was a good quick read or a good beach/pool read for sure. 
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