"Crazy Rich Asians" - A Romantic Comedy Directed by Kevin Kwan

Kgreer: What a fun story! I never saw the movie but this book was a ton of fun. The rich are truly crazy and this story proves it. They are different, that is for sure. But I did enjoy this story.

United States on Nov 25, 2023

Jenn: I bought this collection AFTER I had watched the movies and it’s so interesting to read the different backstories that the movie had to omit. It’s super well written and I was hooked immediately!

Canada on Oct 25, 2023

Michele Waldrop: I really enjoyed this story, even more so after seeing the movie. Can't wait to read the other 2 books

United States on Oct 22, 2023

Amazon Customer: If you liked the movie, you should read this book. More detailed information and there are 2 more books like it.

Japan on Oct 08, 2023

Yasin: About book quality, it is amazing. About book, it's definitely very good. Amazing writing. Easy to understand for non native speaker. It's engaging and not boring at all.

India on Sep 26, 2023

Yesha (Books Teacup and Reviews): Crazy Rich Asians was entertaining, fun, dramatic, steady paced fiction with amazing characters and fantastic details on East Asian culture and tradition.

The story was about East Asian culture, tradition, life style of crazy rich people, snobbery, prejudice, social class difference, perceptions towards people from mainland China or overseas, family, friendship, and love.

Writing was interesting. It wasn’t like anything I read in any book. It was simple and yet had that captivating feel, descriptive and vivid. The story was written in multiple third person narrative from many charatcers’ POV which was surprising as before I started book I was expecting Rachel and Nick’s view more in focus but here all characters were given equal importance.

This was more character driven with lots of characters.I loved Astrid and Oliver most out of all secondary character.

Rachel was great throughout the book. I loved how she went through everything she faced. Nick was lovely and I enjoyed reading more about him.

Best part of the book was footnotes explaining East Asian words, which language it was and what it meant along with more details on traditions,...

India on Apr 06, 2022

Gutemine: Ganz im Gegensatz zu meinen normalen Gewohnheiten bin ich dieses Mal eher durch Zufall auf den Film (läuft auf Sky) gestoßen und habe mir dann das Buch gekauft.

Nun könnte man glauben, dass wenn man den Film gesehen hat das Buch nicht mehr interessant ist, aber weit gefehlt.

Erstens hält sich der Film zwar grob an das Buch, aber in den Details gibt es viele Abweichungen so dass man manchmal den Bezug zum Film vermisst bzw. das Buch mit Interesse liest, weil es doch unerwartete Abweichungen zum Film gibt die man dann unbedingt lesen möchte.

Zweitens ist das Buch nicht als eine Geschichte geschrieben, sondern jedes Kapitel dreht sich um einen oder mehrere Protagonisten dessen oder deren Geschichte erzählt wird, zwischendurch treffen sich dann immer wieder in einem Kapitel mehrere oder alle Hauptfiguren im Rahmen eines Events um dann im nächsten Kapitel schon wieder in einzelne Geschichten zu zerfallen.

Dies ist am Anfang mega verwirrend, so dass ich schon drauf und dran war das Buch weg zu legen und mir den Film nochmals anzusehen.
Wenn man sich aber auf diesen Schreibstil einlässt, die teils ermüdende Aufzählung von Luxusgütern oder Labels...

Germany on Jul 28, 2019

Chicago Buyer: Title: Crazy Rich Asians
Author: Kevin Kwan
Overview: When humble economics professor Rachel Chu decides to spend the summer in Singapore with her fellow professor and boyfriend of two years, Nicholas Young, and meet his family she doesn't know what she is getting herself into. Little does she know that Nick comes from one of the richest, most secretive families in Singapore and some of the most powerful women in the world are vying to get his hand in marriage. The moment she arrives she is swept up by the beauty and wealth but behind all of that is some seriously crazy rich Asians who will do anything to get rid of her.
Characters:
Rachel Chu- A middle class economics professor at NYU who was raised by a Chinese single mother and grew up moving all over America. She studied at Stanford where she met her best friend Peik Lin and she is now dating Nick Young.
Nicholas (Nick) Young- A history professor at NYU who is originally from one of the richest and most powerful families in Singapore. His family is very private and his wealth is not well-known in America. He lives a humble life in New York City with his girlfriend Rachel Chu, but is actually the most eligible...

United States on Jan 02, 2019

Stephanie: I had heard about this story and was intrigued knowing that it was an Asian author writing a fictional story about rich Asian families. The book follows three families and a slew of various different characters (wish there was a family tree because it can be confusing with all the characters!). The main focus of the story is on Rachel Chu, an American Born Chinese girl who goes off to Asia for a summer long vacation with her boyfriend, Nicolas Young. What she doesn't know is that Nick is rich ... super rich and part of the elite society of rich Asians in Singapore. She finds out a lot about Nick and his crazy family as well as a few surprises about her own family history.

As with all the other reviews, I have to agree that the book does do a lot of name dropping. I didn't mind it as much but the story of the Old Chinese vs. New Chinese really hit home for me. I'm Chinese and all of the things that the author points out as Old Chinese vs. New Chinese money really is true. And the views of Overseas Chinese vs. Mainland Chinese is also another true statement. With all of these true facts and how it interweaves into the story, I enjoyed it and could relate to what was going on....

United States on May 20, 2014