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A review by thesinginglights
Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw
3.0
That's two books now that I've come out empty. Flourishes of quality but I have a sort of yawning gap where satisfaction should lie. I don't know if I'm to blame or I've just been unlucky in my picks twice in a row.
The set-up should have been a great one: five immigrants from Malaysia go to Shanghai to make their fortune. Big city dream! Disappointment and dissatisfaction abundant. You could argue that this is the life that Aw wanted to present but it was kind of frustrated and laborious. By no means a bad book, though.
The set-up should have been a great one: five immigrants from Malaysia go to Shanghai to make their fortune. Big city dream! Disappointment and dissatisfaction abundant. You could argue that this is the life that Aw wanted to present but it was kind of frustrated and laborious. By no means a bad book, though.