This book was great with its twists. I was mainly interested at the look the author takes with class differences. The end was a bit silly but not unbelievable. I enjoyed the authors writing style.

This book was unbelievable. The main character is so deplorable yet you cannot stop reading because it’s so well written. The author crafted her with such depth and detail that you feel Ivy is a real person, someone you know. But she is so cold and calculating that by the end, I just wanted her to get her just deserts.

I loved this book.Surprise after surprise.

Wonderful read. I couldn’t put it down. Characters so real and so interesting

This book was so unpredictable and well written! I stayed up all night reading it until I finished. I loved it

Loved this book - well written page turner! Recommended to all my friends

Hated the ending. I feel bad I invested so much into these characters Easy read though

Depressing and demoralizing. I almost hated it.

Great read couldn’t put it down....

Read it. As a black American married to a Chinese woman in Shanghai I couldn’t relate. This is a book about class and race. The Chinese (Americanized or otherwise) obsession and envy of white people/skin is readily apparent in the novel. I put it down halfway through. I’m willing to bet the author is married to the very same type of person the main character obsesses over in the novel. Goes down the same path as the Joy Luck Club, Iron and Silk, to all the boys I’ve ever lived etc. The endless fascination of idolizing white men and society. Of course there is nothing wrong with it. However it doesn’t provide the excitement of something different. We are left feeling we’ve all been on this ride before. I was hoping Gideon would be any other ethnicity than white. Of course I was disappointed. We want new stories. Show us that you can think outside of the box.