He did a head twitch in the girl’s direction. “This is, ah, my girlfriend, Nessadalyn.” I did a double take. “I’m sorry, Ness—?” I genuinely didn’t catch her, erm, name. There was a flash of anger in his face. “Nessadalyn,” he repeated. He glanced pointedly at my toes, which were a little grubby, because #AllWorkNoLife. I would almost prefer if the book were like the CRA film which focused solely on the Chinese Singaporean characters because there was representation and diversity but at what cost? I felt bad for Suresh! You see, most Asian countries are not welfare states; we basically need the little moppets that come after us to be successful so they can in turn feed us. That’s why family is so important in most traditional Asian cultures. I am oversimplifying, of course.” However, I think there wasn't enough focus on the main love interest, he sounded very nice but a bit bland because I didn't really get to know him. I would have loved to see more of that relationship and I found the ending was a bit rushed when the main characters get together at the very end of the book. I definitely recommend reading Last Tang Standing to anyone who wants to spend a good time with a book.

There is lots of humour, particularly in the excerpts from Andrea's diary that definitely do sound a bit Bridget Jones. I really liked the structure of the book. And the romance was adorable!! The plot did drag a little bit in places, but nothing major. Linda’s paternal family tree was an off-brand Marcos (or so it was rumored); the family had substantial interests in several mining and timber companies, with land to burn in Borneo.

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year-old Andrea is a successful lawyer striving to make partner. She also has a nice condo and rich friends, but life isn’t perfect for her: She works too much, sleeps too little, and feels the crushing family pressure to find a man to marry so she isn’t the last single Tang of her generation. June 30, 2020: Last Tang Standing clubs the typical yet prevalent expectations of an Asian family, especially parents, around the success & settlement of a young (but gradually ageing) woman and the pressure that a woman of thirty-four inevitably finds on herself, even enforced by herself at times, to find the perfect partner & live the best romantic life. I love just how vibrant the book is. It is interesting to read about a Chinese woman in Singapore. Andrea goes through the trials and tribulations of a modern woman navigating a career and nosy aunties while trying to find love in a sea of humanity. I love how the book is witty and emotional at the same time. One evening, Andrea is invited to an exclusive book group at a friend of a friend’s house. When Andrea arrives, she feels completely underdressed and finds refuge when she strikes up conversation with a man she assumes is the hired help. But as it turns out, he’s actually the owner of the mansion and a billionaire hotelier with eco-friendly resorts throughout Asia. Everyone in Singapore knows Eric Deng, despite his keeping a low profile and avoiding paparazzi and social media. So when he asks Andrea out, she can’t help but feel flattered. Crazy Rich Asians meets Bridget Jones's Diary in this funny and irresistible debut novel about the pursuit of happiness, surviving one's thirties intact, and opening oneself up to love.

Whether this is meant to be a lighthearted jab at her cousin's wealth or not, this is disgusting all around. The Marcoses are a political family of plunderers who stole billions from Filipinos. In addition, under the dictatorship of the late Ferdinand Marcos, political dissenters were brutally tortured, raped, and killed. Like I said, not cute at all. Despite not getting on with LTS, I was pretty happy to try this author again because of how much I initially loved the idea of the book. But now? I’m one and done. I’ve been sitting here for hours wondering whether I’d rate this book one or two stars and I decided that there are too many things I would have to let slide to give it two stars. I did not like Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho but I wish that I did. I’ll get straight to it since I don’t want to spend time talking too much about what I don’t like. There are many books about Asian protagonists who are women and scrambling to find an impressive guy for their family with high standards. The plot is exactly what the synopsis says so I don’t want to rewrite it. The book is predictable, but I don’t need contemporary romance books to blow me away with plot twists. I read them because of their predictability.This book is a clearly representation of how many societies acts towards different cultures and interracial couples with dark, quirky and sarcastic humour. I couldn't stop laughing in many chapters. Many books claim to be humorous - this one really is in places, especially at the beginning when the reader is introduced to the main character's family, especially her mother, at a celebration. Crazy Rich Asians meets Bridget Jones’s Diary in this funny and irresistible debut novel about the pursuit of happiness, surviving one’s thirties intact, and opening oneself up to love. At thirty-three, Andrea Tang is living the dream: she has a successful career as a lawyer, a posh condo, and a clutch of fun-loving friends who are always in the know about Singapore’s hottest clubs and restaurants. All she has to do is make partner at her law firm and she will have achieved everything she (and her mother) has ever worked for. So what if she’s poised to be the last unmarried member of her generation of the Tang clan? She doesn’t need a man to feel fulfilled, no matter what her meddling relatives have to say about it. But for a dutiful Chinese-Malaysian daughter, the weight of familial expectations is hard to ignore. And so are the men life keeps throwing in Andrea’s path. Men like Suresh Aditparan, her annoyingly attractive rival for partner and the last man she should be spending time with, and Eric Deng, a wealthy entrepreneur whose vision for their future is more lavish than she could have imagined. With her workplace competition growing ever more intense, her friends bringing dramas of their own to her door, and her family scrutinizing her every romantic prospect, Andrea finds herself stretched to the breaking point. And she can’t help but wonder: In the endless tug-of-war between pleasing others and pleasing herself, is there room for everyone to win? Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho – eBook Details Andrea is quite content, thank you very much - or at least she believes she is, and she doesn't need a man to make her happy! For fans of Crazy Rich Asians and Bridget Jones’s Diary comes a hilarious story of love, friendship and the most intrusive people in the world: family.