Crazy Rich Asians Themes

The notion of family is central to this novel: what should a family look like? How should a family interact? What are the responsibilities of a family? The characters wrestle with what it means to...

You might assume that money bestows class and good manners upon those who possess it. So the more money, the more class, right? Well, Kevin Kwan wants to offer an alternative assumption: money does...

Appearances can be deceiving, especially in the world of Crazy Rich Asians where so much is presumed based upon the external. While many of the characters willingly participate in the circus of des...

Where is a woman's place? Decorating the home? Saving her husband's business from public shame? Meddling in the love lives of their children? Conniving to become the wife of the heir to the Young a...

While many of the traditions and customs touched upon in Kwan's novel are not particularly rooted in ancient Chinese tradition, they are a micro reflection of a macro world. Shang Su Yi's family, w...

In such a materialistic world, friendship seems difficult to come by. Do these people like me for me or my money? (Psh, we ask ourselves that all the time, too...)There are essentially three sets o...

Love is patient, love is kind, love is nothing like what you expect, and love hurts. Many of the relationships in Crazy Rich Asians are not based on love, but rather "mergers" between families or w...

There's a lot of tension in Crazy Rich Asians, especially about where a person is born. The irony of the snobbiness of the rich in Singapore is that many of them disdain that which they or their fa...

This should be a no-brainer. We couldn't talk about Crazy Rich Asians and not talk about wealth. This book is riddled with designer name-drops, from clothes to sunglasses to cars to housewares...

Jealousy is a cornerstone of character motivation in this novel. Whether it's Eleanor's petty jealousy of Rachel because she's beautiful and likable or Francesca's blatant attempts to make Rachel j...