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Crazy Rich Asians
- Narrated by: Lynn Chen
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back.
Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should--and should not--marry.
Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich Asians is an insider's look at the Asian JetSet; a perfect depiction of the clash between old money and new money; between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese; and a fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-07-18
May have been more enjoyable with another narrator
I liked the premise and was only expecting a rom/com level of storytelling and development but was a little more invested in a few of the characters. Sadly I was removed from the story every time the narrator switched the accent... of the same character... in the same sentence. Many of the characters are Asian but we are told repeatedly that they speak in English accents, yet the narrator would frequently switch between English, Chinese and at one point an Indian accent! The characters who supposedly had Chinese accents would also have inconsistent speech, with a whole mismatch of bizarre accents thrown in there. The American character was the only one who escaped this identity crisis. I was hoping this book would explore and celebrate the variety in the different Asian cultures but it missed the mark for me unfortunately.
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- rapsqueak
- 03-07-18
Crazy dross
Determined to finish this as I had paid for it, but shouldn’t have wasted my time.
Barely a story there and just a long list of words strung together with a massive drop of designer names. Obviously was the point of the book to show these bizarre lives, but soooo boring.
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- Binx
- 20-01-19
This puts a new slant on tedium.
This is the best story of tedium and vacuous lives of irrelevant people. Although, well read it does not warrant listening to. Another silly purchase!
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- Kathryn
- 02-10-18
Numerous mispronunciations were annoying.
I enjoyed the story, but there were many mispronunciations of common words that I found annoying and baffling. How did no producer correct the narrator during the recording? Just off the top of my head, primer, chaise longue, foyer and Balliol were all mispronounced.
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- TAG
- 12-01-19
Save yourself
I’m not sure why this is considered such a hit, maybe it’s that I don’t know the types of people being satirised in real life. None of the characters is remotely sympathetic because they are all too extremely stereotyped to be believable. The writing style gave the impression the author had thought of a series of exaggerated scenarios then written a plot to shoehorn them into.
I’d say if you are willing to read a text version you should do that instead of subjecting yourself to the audio. It was BAD. Chen has an irritating accent and exaggerated vocal habits in place of characterisation which grated.
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- Hayley
- 01-02-18
Pretty boring story but had some good points
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I wouldn't recommend this to a friend as I just felt there wasn't much of a story and the main character was very bland, had zero personality and I just didn't care about her.
Do you think Crazy Rich Asians needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
If there was ever a follow up it should be about Rachel Chu's mother and her past.
Any additional comments?
This wasn't a very good book but it had a great story within it about Rachel Chu mother I was left wondering where the hell was her book.
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- yousuf
- 25-01-19
amazing accents and story!
I loved this book and hope there are more like it. I also love the accents the reader made for each of the characters. Astrid is amazing and so is nick. I wish I can be more like him when I'm rich
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- Stephibobz
- 07-05-19
Fun, indulgent book ruined by dreadful narration!
This book is THE perfect holiday and/or comfort read.
It's like an incredibly glamorous cup of Horlicks!
The way this book is written will make you yearn to go to Singapore, drool at their cuisine and be green with envy at the sheer fabulousness of those that have.
But the narration was some of the worst I've heard!
The choices made for some character's voices baffled me. There were far too many shrieking, high pitched voices (enough to make me wince uncomfortably, sometimes it was painful!) and just plain downright awful accent choices.
The rate at which characters changed their accents (in the same conversations) was rather jarring too.
Read the book, really, you'll love it. I can't recommend the audio version though. Sorry.
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- Lillybutt1978
- 27-04-20
slow burner
struggled to get into this book but kept going back to it and was eventually hooked.
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- Rebecca
- 30-01-20
Incredibly detailed
I bought this audiobook after watching the movie and was pleased to find a lot of extra details which had been removed or changed for the film.
Though the story was enjoyable, at times it did become a little bit confusing as there is a lot of names and places to process as if you already know of them.
The reader as a narrator was enjoyable enough, and fairly good at the various accents for different characters,
however the pronunciation of French words were awful!
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