Yangsze Choo
Hardcover | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.78 | 20249 Users | 3474 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Ghost Bride |
| Author | : | Yangsze Choo |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | August 6th 2013 by William Morrow (first published April 6th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Paranormal. Ghosts |
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"One evening, my father asked me if I would like to become a ghost bride..." Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound. Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family's only son, who 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 a terrible price. After an ominous visit to the opulent Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also by her desire for the Lim's handsome new heir, Tian Bai. Night after night, she is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, vengeful spirits and monstrous bureaucracy—including the mysterious Er Lang, a charming but unpredictable guardian spirit. Li Lan must uncover the Lim family's darkest secrets—and the truth about her own family—before she is trapped in this ghostly world forever.Details Books Supposing The Ghost Bride
| Original Title: | The Ghost Bride |
| ISBN: | 0062227327 (ISBN13: 9780062227324) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Li Lan, Tian Bai, Lim Tian Ching, Yan Hong, Er Lang |
| Setting: | Melaka,1893(Malaysia) Malacca, Malaya |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2014), Shirley Jackson Award Nominee for Novel (Finalist) (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy and for Debut Author (2013), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2014) |
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Ratings: 3.78 From 20249 Users | 3474 ReviewsCritique About Books The Ghost Bride
This book is pretty much Twilight, except with a Chinese girl and a really attractive dragon man playing the parts of Bella and Edward respectively.I picked up this book because of an interest in the myths and rituals. My father is Chinese and was born in Indonesia, so I grew up with stories of tigers and demons in the jungle and the harshness of parental discipline and the very segregated classes. I was excited to see the pontianak and ghosts, but that's it. I was hoping for a either a strong,
The title of the book captured my attention immediately. I just had to read it.Li Lan, the eighteen-year-old narrator stemmed from a Chinese family who settled in Malaya in the 1800s. Although there were various other influences in their lives from the multitude of cultures present at the time, including the British influences, her family, as most Chinese families, still maintained their own belief systems. Hence it resulted in her being subjected to one of the traditions of providing prosperity
I happened up The Ghost Bride while at the library the other day. The gorgeous cover caught my eye. My daughter gave me a mini lesson about Chinese culture and what a ghost bride is. --------Li Lan is a teen girl whose mother passed away a long time ago. Her father has been offered a deal where his money troubles would go away IF his daughter, Li Lan, would marry the Lim familys deceased son. The Lim's are wealthy and they want their restless deceased son's passage to the afterlife to be a calm
An enthralling story about the afterlife in Chinese myths, with unexpected twists and turns, though in some places it dragged a little and in others the sensibilities a tad too modern. The writing was vivid and evocative.I'm giving this novel 4.3 stars.
Library ebook....It seems two or three times a year I must read a tale that journeys me into the Asian afterlife...the Asian History...the culture....and the family at hand. I enjoy other Asian books by authors Lisa See, Janie Chang, Alice Poon, Tan Twan Eng, and others. This is my first novel by Yangsze Choo. She grew up in Malaysia...and is a 4th generation Malaysian of Chinese descent. She received her undergraduate degree at Harvard....and Im thrilled to learn she is living here in the Bay
If were going to have a wedding, maybe we should have an exorcism first.Are you mad? she said. Thats the last thing anybody wants to hear before a wedding!Finally, finally, I got to read Ghost Bride. It's been on my kindle for such a long time, I nearly forgot about it. I had tried to get into the book previously but never found a way into the story. This time the Malaysian setting, the excursion into the Chinese spirit world and the unlikely murder mystery grabbed me almost from the start.
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