CRAZY RICH ASIANS (Kevin Kwan) - September 14/18

Okay, I'm not sure why this book is literally double the length it needed to be, but Kwan's penchant for describing the hell out of the various rich-people activities lends the book a decidedly superficial feel. My eyes were glazing over whole chapters, it felt like. But there's an undercurrent of soapiness that's pretty hard to resist, particularly with regard to Rachel's relationship with Nick and her eventual discovery of her true heritage. But it's lost within as bloated a novel as I can recall. ** out of ****