The Ghost Bride
Books | Fiction / Asian American
3.7
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Yangsze Choo
Now a Netflix Mandarin original drama!From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger, a Reese’s Book Club pickYangsze Choo’s stunning debut, The Ghost Bride, is a startlingly original novel infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists.Li Lan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese family in colonial Malaysia, hopes for a favorable marriage, but her father has lost his fortune, and she has few suitors. Instead, the wealthy Lim family urges her to become a “ghost bride” for their son, who has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Rarely practiced, a traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at what price? Night after night, Li Lan is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, where she must uncover the Lim family’s darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family.Reminiscent of Lisa See’s Peony in Love and Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter, The Ghost Bride is a wondrous coming-of-age story and from a remarkable new voice in fiction.
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Author
Yangsze Choo
Pages
384
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2013-08-06
ISBN
0062227386 9780062227386
Ratings
Google: 5
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"This book might hook you in quickly. I most enjoyed the rich description of the spirit world/afterlife and learning the lore that came together from various religions and cultures, which is what kept me glued to the pages hardly taking breaks. I found the story pretty predictable, but still enjoyable."
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"My reading of this tale was colored by the Netflix production, which, I confess, I adored. It was delightful story-telling and the script writers should be proud of what they accomplished in their creepy but entertaining rendition. I really could not have disliked this book after that, though in many ways it is a very different story. The novel is more two-dimensional, childish perhaps. It reads more like a fairy tale in many places, but I like a good fairy tale, and it enchanted me. <br/><br/>It's an unusual mix of mystery and journey, of cultural exploration and romance, with a strong but relatable young female lead. And a horse. And maybe even a dragon. What's not to enjoy? I will definitely be looking up other books by this author."
"Really enjoyed this story and the way it showed so much of a culture without being just a history or religion or culture lesson. Loved the blend of life and death and idea of death not being an end but just the end of one's part in the land of the living with a vast, complex afterlife that may follow with various levels of interaction both with other pre- and post-deceased. <br/><br/>The main character is believable as someone who is in a way, not fully in control of her situation nor allowed to be but still finds means of making her way through both worlds fumbling sometimes but finding support and managing to participate in her own fate. <br/><br/>Over all really interesting and fun."
"Absolutely recommend along with The Night Tiger- audio books are read by the author and are AMAZING!! 👍👍"
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Kimberly Bufkin
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