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China Rich Girlfriend

by Kevin Kwan, 2015 · 378 pages

A champagne-fizzy plunge into ultra wealthy Asian high society, full of designer label name drops, catty asides, and soap opera family drama. It reads fast and breezy, like flipping through a glossy magazine that also happens to have a plot, with footnotes winking at the reader throughout.

contemporary fiction · glitzy · gossipy · funny

What China Rich Girlfriend feels like to read

• Page-turner: 75%
• Darkness: 20%
• Emotional intensity: 40%
• Humor: 75%
• Romance: 55%
• Complexity: 35%

Reading age: 16+ (adult)

Spice: 1 out of 5. mostly kissing and romantic tension, little explicit content

China Rich Girlfriend tropes

• fish out of water
• family secrets
• will they fit in
• love versus duty

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