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Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan was a book that I had anticipated reading during this summer. While I hadn\u2019t read the highly successful book Crazy Rich Asians, I had seen the movie and really enjoyed it. <\/p>\n

Lucie Churchill is a teenager when first introduced to the reader. Having been born to a WASP father and a Chinese mother, she doesn\u2019t really identify in either culture. While attending a multi-million dollar wedding on the island of Capri, she meets George Zao a Chinese man who she initially can\u2019t stand, and later makes out with. Indeed, their moment of intimacy is caught on camera via a drone. Lucie\u2019s cousin Charlotte knows this will ruin Lucie\u2019s reputation and bring shame to the family. In this case, money does buy anything and the video is destroyed. <\/p>\n

Several years later, Lucie becomes engaged to another man who is extremely rich and one of the most eligible, sought-after men in the world. Her life is back on course and she has everything she wants in life. But then George re-enters her life and all of a sudden everything looks a little different. <\/p>\n

While I was entertained by the book, I really didn\u2019t find it to be a story I enjoyed. On a positive note, I did like that the author included the messaging that biracial individuals may be exposed to racism within their own extended families as I see evidence of this in today’s reality.  However, the story was extremely predictable. I didn\u2019t like several of the characters and the educational background articulated for each of the characters was a little too obnoxious for this reader. Indeed, I found several of the characters to be so over the top pretentious that I almost did not finish this book. <\/p>\n

I listened to the audiobook edition of this book and this was narrated by Lydia Look. She brings an articulate, believable and multilingual performance to this book, and I was happy I had chosen the audiobook format for this reason. <\/p>\n

My rating: \u2b50\ufe0f \u2b50\ufe0f \u2b50\ufe0f?\/5 stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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