china rich girlfriend – Cannonball Read 17

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I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends by Kelsey Miller

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

September 27, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo: Cannonballer Says I’ll Be There for You: The One about Friends; Kelsey Miller Friends has been all over the internet this month in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of Thursday Night’s Must See TV darling. Kelsey Miller’s charming look into the television series has been on my list since my sister, Badkittyuno, read it a few months back but she is far from the only Cannonballer recommending this one. “Some things don’t change. Friends is a reminder of that, and that’s why so many of […]

More name dropping and designer brands

January 7, 2018 by Jen K 2 Comments

I read Crazy Rich Asians a few years ago while on a cruise because it seemed like the perfect book for that type of setting. Despite enjoying it, I was in no rush to read the sequel China Rich Girlfriend because it seemed like a good stand alone novel, and I wasn’t sure I saw the need to continue. While China Rich Girlfriend continues the story of Nick and Rachel, their story isn’t the main plot of this novel. Instead it introduces a few new […]

Honestly, by the end of the trilogy, I just felt sick.

July 17, 2017 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

I really liked Crazy Rich Asians. I’ll still see the movie. I have high hopes. It was a mostly fun look at the immense level of wealth in Singapore, and how these uber-wealthy families live their lives out in the world. And I had some trouble with the second book, China Rich Girlfriend. All the details that had been amusingly shocking in the first book were now just shocking and a bit disgusting. The sheer waste of money on things like clothes and jewelry and […]

More reckless spending on display in the name of excess…

May 25, 2017 by denesteak 2 Comments

China Rich Girlfriend is Kevin Kwan’s sequel to Crazy Rich Asians. Even though the first book was imperfect in many ways, I really loved it because it was sort of the first time I’ve seen Asians portrayed in an atypical fashion in English-language fiction. I also recognized a lot of my Singapore family in the first book, so I think that helped as well. That being said, I’m really not as keen about the sequel. Rachel Chu and Nick Young is back, as is Nick’s mother, […]

The last one was fun. This one felt more like homework.

February 11, 2016 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

Remember a few years ago when the ridiculously fun Crazy Rich Asians came out? And we all devoured it and laughed and said, well, that was crazy but it was fun, and then forgot about it? Well, our favorite (and lots of our not-so-favorite) crazy, rich Asians are back in the sequel. China Rich Girlfriend is still the story of Rachel and Nick, and how their marriage has broken apart Nick’s family. But this book is about soooooooo much more. And I don’t necessarily mean that in […]

Richer than the people richer than God

January 19, 2016 by yesknopemaybe 1 Comment

China Rich Girlfriend, the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians, was all over the place. It’s a testament to Kevin Kwan’s ability to craft interesting characters that this is getting 3 stars instead of 2. I think the makings of a great story are in this novel, but his editors needed to help Kwan focus the story more. Spoilers ahead if you haven’t read Crazy Rich Asians (the first book). It’s been two years since the end of book 1 and Rachel and Nick are getting […]

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