Jade Chang

For fans of Crazy Rich Asians: Meet the Wangs, the unforgettable immigrant family whose spectacular fall from glorious riches to (still name-brand) rags brings them together in a way money never could. Charles Wang, a brash, lovable businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, has just lost everything in the financial crisis. So he rounds up two of his children from schools that he can no longer afford and packs them into the only car that wasn’t repossessed. Together with their wealth-addicted stepmother, Barbra, they head on a cross-country journey from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the Upstate New York retreat of the eldest Wang daughter, Saina. “Highly entertaining” (BuzzFeed), this “fresh Little Miss Sunshine” (Vanity Fair) is a “compassionate and bright-eyed novel” (New York Times Book Review), an epic family saga, and a new look at what it means to belong in America. “When the Wangs take the world, we all benefit” (USA Today). A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice An October 2016 Indie Next Pick A PopSugar Best Book for Fall A BuzzFeed Incredible Book for Fall A Nylon Amazing Book for Fall A Bustle Book for Your Fall TBR List A Millions Most Anticipated Book A Frisky Book to Read for Fall

The Wangs vs. the World

Erin G.

Promisimg start, lost me 2/3s of the way in.

Ryan Mateyk

3.5 stars

This was a mix of Schitt's Creek (but not as funny), the Big Short (but not as smart) and Crazy Rich Asians (but not as rich), but was still quite an easy, fun, quick read.

Now available in paperback: a "jam-packed, high energy debut"*--one of the most hailed of 2016--that follows one immigrant family's spectacular fall from riches to rags *Kirkus Reviews

The Wangs Vs. the World

Sarah Sammis

A road trip of Accidents — another concept I'm working through while reading All Our Wrong Todays.

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Moth

This book was NOTHING like I thought it would be. The idea of it caught my attention to the point of almost obsessing on reading it. So there was a bit of disappointment when I did finally read it for this review. The book itself reflects a LOT of ugliness that makes up our world, America, and simply the ugliness of being human. Cheating, abandonment, death, escaping death, wealth, loss of money, sex, no sex, and probably a lot more. It talks about things human do that are simply ugly and leave you wincing as you read. Because honestly, we don't think things through and only we can as readers can feel that embarrassment for the characters. There is beauty in it, but it comes at the very end. 

I wish that there had been translations in this book. Or at least maybe half of it translated? Some of it a reader can understand simply by the tone of the situation. However, there were moments I felt like I was truly missing something important. And sadly, my kindle couldn't come up with the translation on its own. But maybe that was the point also. We weren't supposed to understand it. 

There were chunks that didn't fully make sense. Leo and Saina were magically back together, Charles in China. It felt like a chunk of the story had been left out or it was something I had missed and accidentally skipped. It was frustrating. 

--SPOILERS--

I would like to have seen HOW Saina was able to get Leo back after being caught hiding her ex and having sex with him. But she was allowed to be made when Leo was hiding a daughter that he's not even able to see? There were moments like this that I just didn't understand. And I wish the author had given us a chance TO understand how.

Lauren Attaway

I enjoyed this book so much, mostly because I love a book about families that get the family dynamic so right! By switching perspectives, we're able to see the five Wangs -a number which could be debated in the right conversation- in full, faults and all. We see their mistakes and the way the events of the book changes each family member. This book should do well with book clubs.

Hidde

Thoroughly enjoyed this fun roadtrip story about a family different from many others.