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1. Can I like both? 😀
2. I like the depth of a single perspective and the variety of multiple perspectives.
3. Tagged book has its flaws, but there‘s at least one #laughoutloud funny scene. It‘s a family saga/road trip/rich people problems story that even has a chapter narrated by the car.

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This is billed as a humorous immigrant story, but scored low on both GR and Litsy. It was on my shelves and I like immigrant stories, but alas, my opinion does not lift the rating. By chapter 3 it was a pan (teenage suicide ideology just isn‘t funny), but I hung in there and became mildly interested in the Wang family road trip.

I‘m not crying, you are the one crying.

I have been in such a reading slump since I lost my Daddy in October. I hope this brings me out of it

Most of us can't relate to losing an international cosmetics corporation or a trust fund. But most can relate to feeling like we're facing off against the world. The Wangs are doing all of the above. In Jade Chang's The Wangs vs. The World, after losing everything Charles Wang packs up his entire family in his dead first wife's 1980's Mercedes. https://onthebl.org/2020/09/23/relatable-millionaires-in-jade-changs-the-wangs-v...

Look what I found when I left work today! One of Book of the Month‘s October 2016 books by Jade Chang: The Wangs vs the World | BTW: The cover is different than what is offered via BOTM

* Definitely can‘t wait to start reading

I don't really know where to start with this one except maybe Charles deserves most everything that happened to him. And the book gets to be a bit thick and hard to trudge thru. Its well written but there is too much detail and not enough story. #wouldnotrecommend ⭐⭐⭐

The American Dream ends in the ashes of a cosmetics empire kicking off this road trip novel. People who like dysfunctional rich people novels will probably like this although the humor didn‘t really land for me and I struggled to care much about the characters. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2020/01/review-wangs-vs-world-by-jade-chang.htm...

What guides your life decisions? Money? Career? Love? Family? The past? The future? Or some combination of these?

Had a great book club discussion on this one. Great characters and a great plot. Very enjoyable.

Meh. I just didn't get it. This book has been lingering on my TBR stack for a couple of years and I finally got to it. Billed as "heartbreaking and hilarious. Funny brash and honest full of wit, heart and smarts." personally I did not find this at all hilarious & only slightly heartbreaking. Honest? Probably but not witty. Just my opinion but I feel like this book was seriously over hyped. It probably raised my expectations unfairly. Just meh ?

A complicated family drama with little resolution

Red & gold was my theme while looking for books at my thrift store today, I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️ been wanting The Wangs, but has anyone read House of Thieves?!? It sounded interesting 🤓
#bookstagrammer #bookobsessed #bookhoarder #bookstagram #bookaholic #morebooks #bookish #bookishlove #books #thriftstorebooks #thriftstorefinds #TheWangs #HouseofThieves

I‘m trying to intentionally read more books by authors of color! SUPER excited about this one. Do y‘all have any suggestions?

@CareBear @phatsallylee @Chelleo thank you. I love being a part of the #jb group.

I may be wrong, but I think the show Fresh off the Boat is based on the book.

Maybe it‘s just where I am in life right now but after reading a page and a half of the teenage daughter discussing multiple ways to commit suicide, ultimately concluding that “OD‘ing on heroin or something would be the best way of all,” I‘m done. 💔

Traveling in San Francisco for the break and found the cutest used book store! So excited for these reads while I celebrate this FIVE day weekend 🙌🏾

@Oryx thank you soooo much! I had a suspicion you were my Santa but I am blown away with how good your choices were 💕merry Christmas to you and yours... and I hope you enjoy your #stuffedstockingswap 😉

Charles Wang became wealthy after moving to the US from China but has now lost everything in the Great Recession. We follow his travels across the country as he and his family grapple with their new circumstances. I feel this book would have benefited from some editing and I‘m frustrated by the ending, but Chang does a great job of showing realistic family dynamics and a non-white experience in the US.

#dogsofLitsy #Gunther

This has been on my radar for awhile now - finally picked it up to read during a long flight. A funny and bittersweet novel about a family‘s fall from riches to rags in the aftermath of the 2008 economic crises.

Evening read 💄 🕶 💄

This was a quirky, funny road trip across America story and I really enjoyed the experience. I loved the Wang's with all their fault and foibles. My only criticism was that it was a bit too slow moving in several spots, the story losing momentum or getting bogged down. Thankfully it picked up and a loved the ending.

Spending this cold and rainy day stocking up the freezer in preparation for starting full time work next week (with a 1 hour commute each way) and finishing off this book.

I just can‘t connect to the characters and I don‘t at all enjoy her writing style. #DNF

Dislike this short. Removing the Wangs from Mt. TBR.

And back to Melbourne on the train this time on a chilly Monday morning.
After s bit of a slow start I'm loving my time with the Wang's.

And on the way home again....

Company while I'm on the train.

Really good! A bit of a slow start for me but when they got to New Orleans, it was hard to put down. Different, funny, and heartwarming, this family adventure story takes the reader through time and space in the most wonderful of ways! #botm #MountTBR

Another book in my #BoTMChallenge with a low rating. 😕🤷🏻‍♀️ Oh well, here we go! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Great #ebookdeal for the Kindle on a previous #BOTM selection.

I've got one week between my last uni assignment and the start of my library placement. I'm dedicating the week to reading. How many of these do you think I can get through?

Finally! Been on my TBR for.ev.er! Seems like a great summer read! #botm #MountTBR

I did a “blind date with a book” at Book Culture! Fun!

@RealLifeReading inspired me to join in on May‘s Asian Lit Bingo! I‘ll be working on the top row, for which four #mountTBR kindle books apply. I want to use A Time to Dance for the remaining prompt, but I don‘t know if I can get my hands on it. I‘m excited for this push to get through some owned books and read more Asian lit! #asianlitbingo
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“The #WangsvstheWorld is an outrageously funny tale about a wealthy Chinese-American family that loses it all, then takes a healing, uproarious road trip across the United States... Their spectacular fall from riches to rags brings the Wangs together in a way money never could. It‘s an epic family saga and an entirely fresh look at what it means to belong in America...” #TBR. The #roadtrip part made me think of a #Vacation! #ReadingResolutions

spending my day off with a book !

I took my book club book with me to the track meet but didn‘t manage to get any reading done. The kiddo got a PR and I knew lots of the other vaulters (not always the case) so I had to cheer them over the bar too.

I actually really enjoyed the character study of this book. It wasn't what I was expecting it to be...it wasn't a funny road trip. It was a family dealing with the curveballs that life can unexpectedly throw you.

Starting this next on #primereading
Has anyone read this?

WELL THERE'S THIS AT LEAST. Bless you, Times. (They also had a 20% Fiction sale in February and my sister and I got to enjoy it on the last day).

Next up for one of my book clubs!

Sorry people but I am going to bail on this. I‘ve read over half but the characters are unlikeable and I have no empathy for any of them. Time to move on.

This was every bit as good as people said it would be. I like how they all have issues and don't always get along, but they pull together when it counts.