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Rich People Problems

by Kevin Kwan, 2017 · 488 pages

A frothy, fast-moving romp through designer closets, feuding dynasties, and deathbed scheming, told with winking asides and footnotes that skewer the ultra wealthy. It reads like being handed the juiciest gossip at a party by someone who clearly adores and mocks these people in equal measure, breezing through short, punchy scenes rather than lingering on any one moment.

comedy of manners · glitzy · gossipy · funny

What Rich People Problems feels like to read

• Page-turner: 78%
• Darkness: 25%
• Emotional intensity: 40%
• Humor: 85%
• Romance: 45%
• Complexity: 35%

Reading age: 16+ (adult)

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

Rich People Problems tropes

• inheritance battle
• fish out of water
• meddling matriarch
• rags to riches undertones
• star-crossed romance

Books like Rich People Problems

• The devil wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger: Same sharp, brand-obsessed comic tone poking fun at an elite insular world.
• The nanny diaries by Emma McLaughlin: Similarly skewers the habits and hypocrisies of the extremely wealthy with light comic bite.
• Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple: Comparable blend of satire, family dysfunction, and brisk comic momentum.
• The royal we by Heather Cocks: Similar glossy, gossipy tone about ultra privileged worlds and tangled romance.