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Jan. 31st, 2020 10:19 pm1. Finished reading Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
This reads a bit like a YA coming of age fantasy/horror romance. I gave it three stars for the world-building, setting, folk lore, and mythology., all of which I kind of wanted a lot more of than I actually got.
The novel concerns a teenage girl who is asked to become a Ghost Bride. A Ghost Bride is a tradition for the Chinese Territories and not Mainland China, where the family of a dead male relative may request an impoverished or down on her luck girl to become the ghost bride of a recently deceased son. It's mainly ceremonial and their needs are taken care of -- in actuality. In the book, it takes on another eerie connotation all together.
( Spoilers )
2. End of a difficult and highly frustrating week, beset with computer issues.Among them? My system kept crashing.( Read more... )
This reads a bit like a YA coming of age fantasy/horror romance. I gave it three stars for the world-building, setting, folk lore, and mythology., all of which I kind of wanted a lot more of than I actually got.
The novel concerns a teenage girl who is asked to become a Ghost Bride. A Ghost Bride is a tradition for the Chinese Territories and not Mainland China, where the family of a dead male relative may request an impoverished or down on her luck girl to become the ghost bride of a recently deceased son. It's mainly ceremonial and their needs are taken care of -- in actuality. In the book, it takes on another eerie connotation all together.
( Spoilers )
2. End of a difficult and highly frustrating week, beset with computer issues.Among them? My system kept crashing.( Read more... )