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kimmibeans 's review for:
The Ghost Bride
by Yangsze Choo
2 1/2 stars
While the premise of this book was interesting and I enjoyed the story (except for the last 3 chapters or so), the prose had no personality despite being told in the first person, the ending seemed to come out of nowhere, and the main character was boring. Li Lang, our protagonist, seemed to have few thoughts of her own, which was particularly annoying given that the entire book is written in the first person point of view. In addition, our protagonist seems to have very little agency. She constantly needs to have someone else do something for her, and even her "plans" are the brain child of somebody else. It doesn't help that the narration doesn't feel organic. When the different aspects of Malayan culture are described it feels like I'm reading an anthropologist's field guide, not the narration of somebody who describing the aspects of her own culture. This book is an interesting read, but not one I highly recommend.
While the premise of this book was interesting and I enjoyed the story (except for the last 3 chapters or so), the prose had no personality despite being told in the first person, the ending seemed to come out of nowhere, and the main character was boring. Li Lang, our protagonist, seemed to have few thoughts of her own, which was particularly annoying given that the entire book is written in the first person point of view. In addition, our protagonist seems to have very little agency. She constantly needs to have someone else do something for her, and even her "plans" are the brain child of somebody else. It doesn't help that the narration doesn't feel organic. When the different aspects of Malayan culture are described it feels like I'm reading an anthropologist's field guide, not the narration of somebody who describing the aspects of her own culture. This book is an interesting read, but not one I highly recommend.