There’s a tv series adaptation on Netflix that I watched after reading. If I could give another reviewer any advice, it would be to hold off on watching an adaptation until you’ve reviewed the book. The problems with the writing, however, were very minor. I can’t confirm whether or not The Night Tiger used them, but I don’t recall noticing them. It is less immersive because of the heavy use of filter words. If I could have changed one thing, I would ask for more about the Judges of Hell and more details into Er Lang’s job.Ĭhoo’s prose improved between this book and The Night Tiger. The connection between the land of the living and the land of the dead was a strange osmosis. I was fascinated by how the afterlife worked. Situations that challenge her assumptions about the ghostly realms are as natural as they are informative. She has some idea of how the supernatural world works, but there’s a lot for her to learn. As a proxy for the reader, Li Lan works well. Who she chooses is a reflection of her growth as a character. Li Lan didn’t choose my preferred love interest, but I was okay with the decision because it became obvious that she didn’t love him the way he loved her. I loved both Er Lang and Tian Bai as love interests, but I loved one more than the other. The serious accusation that he killed Tian Ching, while I didn’t believe it, hung around and cast doubt on his validity as a worthy suitor for Li Lan.
I didn’t notice that it was happening until Tian Bai’s past was questioned. Building Er Lang up as a love interest was so natural that it snuck up on me. The various challenges Li Lan faces, from failing to inhabit her own body to infiltrating Lim Tian Ching’s home in the land of the dead, made for an exciting journey that kept me guessing what would happen next. By subverting my expectations, it kept me engaged. I kept waiting for the moment when Li Lan would agree to become Lim Tian Ching’s wife, but she never did. Certain plot beats I was anticipating (based on my idea of what a story like this should contain) never came to fruition. In many ways, this book was far from predictable. I didn’t anticipate the main thrust of the novel. She is drawn into the ghostly realms against her will, however, and she must navigate the world and new relationships in order to save her own life.
Although such a marriage would settle her father’s debts and set her up for life, Li Lan has no interest in marrying into widowhood, especially since she falls in love with the dead man’s cousin, Lim Tian Bai. Set in 1893 Malaya, the story opens when 17- year-old Pan Li Lan is told that the wealthy Lim family wants her to become a ghost bride to their recently departed son. The Ghost Bride is Yangsze Choo’s 2013 debut novel.
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