Kevin Kwan's Rich People Problems is a deliciously satisfying end to the trilogy that began with Crazy Rich Asians. The book opens with family matriarch Su Yi on her deathbed, and the Shang-Youngs descending on the family estate from all corners of the globe to stake their claim to their share of her fortune. Kwan has more in store for readers, though, as the story twists and turns through Singaporean history, and Su Yi's role in events of many decades ago.
As Su Yi lives out her final days and the frenzy over her fortune intensifies, Kwan weaves is wickedly fun sub-plots that range from a pot of laksa being overturned most ingloriously to a wedding proposal at an Indian palace captured by the paparazzi. Kitty Pong, Colette Bing, Oliver T'sien, and even Carlton Bao all have their moments, which makes Rich People Problems such a satisfying end to a series that started out strong, but was followed by the middling-by-comparison China Rich Girlfriend.
Five stars.
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