China Rich Girlfriend
2015 • 383 pages
Ratings75
Average rating3.7
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Ratings75
Average rating3.7
(From the 2015 Anchor books edition)
It's the eve of Rachel Chu's wedding and she should be over the moon. She has a flawless oval-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiance willing to thwart his meddling relatives and give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her. Still, Rachel mourns the fact that her birth father, a man she never knew, won't be there to walk her down the aisle.
Then a chance accident reveals his identity. Suddenly, Rachel is drawn into a dizzying world of Shanghai splendor, a world where people attend church in a penthouse, where exotic cars race down the boulevard, and where people aren't just crazy rich...they're China rich.
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More of a 3.5 and that too because the audiobook narration is very funny and entertaining.
The plot itself is very meandering and not much happens but it's still drama which I quite enjoyed a bit during this week when I'm not in much of a reading mood. But the description of every single piece of clothing, artwork, building and food on every page kinda felt repetitive after a while, and I would have skimmed a lot of the book if I wasn't listening to it. It's still addictive and I'm already excited to read the finale.
Listen... I hate the characters and story but it's so addictive
A fun read but not quite as well-developed as Crazy Rich Asians. I found Rachel and Nick boring and cheesy, and Michael truly insane (after feeling pity for him in the first book).
As the title suggests, CRG heads to Mainland China so Rachel can “Oh wow so cool” all over a bunch of new locations. There's less Rachel and Nick in this book, which is still way too much. Astrid is still awesome and Kitty becomes the other cool character. Third best character is the footnotes.
This book is less racist than the first and doesn't have a bullying subplot, so I judge it better. Not great by any means, but a decent choice for “what audiobook does my library have that I haven't already listened to?”
