A review by ebtdean
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

3.0

I’m perplexed by this book. On one hand the imagery and the attention to detail is stunning and really pulls you in... so that feels like 5 stars to me. On the other hand, there is a weird stepbrother/stepsister romance which doesn’t feel fully thought out. In addition to that, about 3/4 through the book things get really weird and suddenly there are two killers for two different and unrelated reasons. It didn’t feel fully planned out or organized well. I also did care for the end of the book where suddenly people were dying frequently and it didn’t seem to have a purpose.

I almost wish the writing in this book was less vivid and engaging, it would have made the book a solid 2/3 stars. But the detail and history was really beautiful.