Last Tang Standing by Lauren HoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a well written and funny book.
If you liked Bridget Jones Diary you are going to love this book. Not quite as slapstick-ish but this book really follows the BJD formula. Unfortunately, the only reason I took off half a star is that the ending was totally trite. I was rooting for the other guy!
What I was a tad disappointed in, (and took off the other half star)is that this was more of a Brit-chick lit book than an Asian one. I had been hoping to learn more of the Asian culture. That only came in the first -oh say- quarter of the book.
But all-in-all I would recommend this highly. It kept me up nearly all night reading and that is difficult to do.
*ARC supplied by the publisher.
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Synopsis:Crazy Rich Asians meets Bridget Jones's Diary in this funny and irresistible debut novel about the pursuit of happiness, surviving one's thirties intact, and opening oneself up to love.
At thirty-three, Andrea Tang is living the dream: She has a successful career as a lawyer, a posh condo, and a clutch of fun-loving friends who are always in the know about Singapore's hottest clubs. All she has to do is make law partner, and her life will be perfect. And if she's about to become the lone unmarried member of her generation in the Tang clan--a disappointment her meddling Chinese-Malaysian family won't let her forget--well, she doesn't need a man to complete her.
Yet when a chance encounter with charming, wealthy entrepreneur Eric Deng offers her a glimpse of an exciting, limitless future, Andrea decides to give Mr. Right-for-her-family a chance. Too bad Suresh Aditparan, her office rival and the last man her family would approve of, keeps throwing a wrench in her plans. Now Andrea can't help but wonder: In the endless tug-of-war between pleasing others and pleasing herself, is there room for everyone to win?
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