The Ghost Bride - Yangsze Choo

The Ghost Bride

By Yangsze Choo

  • Release Date: 2013-08-06
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
4 Score: 4 (From 379 Ratings)

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Book Synopsis

Now a Netflix Mandarin original drama!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Tiger, a Reese’s Book Club pick

Yangsze 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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Latest Impressions

  • Sleep deprived

    5
    By Becky Ja
    This book had me reading until 3-4 in the morning on many nights, and not on purpose! It’s an unusual story and one that is filled with adventure. Highly recommend.

  • The Ghost Bride

    5
    By Caimbay1
    An entertaining ride and so sorry to let these characters go!!! Vivid and beautifully written. I feel as though I myself have visited the Plains of the Dead with the heroine and met her ghosts, dragons and returned a changed person!! Thoroughly enjoyed from beginning to end!!

  • Ghost bride

    5
    By violent s
    Really good awesome great book

  • Pure Magic

    5
    By Caronut
    Well written, funny, romantic, wild book. Read it quickly! Something I will read again. I’m ready for a sequel!!

  • Ghost bride

    5
    By Theghostbride
    This is an amazing book I love it! But I hate the ending lol I want them to make another!

  • Loved it

    5
    By TerriT83
    This was a very good book that kept me on my toes mentally. It also kept me up because I couldn't put it down.

  • The Ghost Bride

    3
    By Pugsly36))
    Very slow-moving until 2/3 through the book when the plot accelerated. From that point on it was riveting, and I was glad I stuck with it even though there were many times before that when I was ready to give up on it.

  • Great!

    5
    By Faereiy
    I thoroughly enjoyed this masterpiece! If you like Lisa see's work then you'll like this book! It's easy to follow, is entertaining, and is beautifully written! I definitely recommend this read!

  • The Ghost Bride

    5
    By Bjj girl
    Amazing read! I couldn't put this book down!

  • Ghost Bride

    4
    By Aurorasplace
    The title of the book caught my attention right away. I found the cultural aspects of it very interesting and the writer's use of imagination captivating.

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