![]() ![]() The Ghost Bride is narrated by seventeen-year-old Li Lan, a young Chinese woman who lives with her opium-addicted father and her beloved amah (nursemaid) in 1890s Malacca, a city in what was then known as Malaya. However, I discovered that this one has a much stronger fantasy element. ![]() Having previously read Yangsze Choo’s other novel, The Night Tiger, a story steeped in Chinese and Malaysian folklore but with only a small amount of magical realism, I had thought this book would be similar. ![]() Never mind – I’ve read it now and enjoyed it, although it wasn’t really what I’d expected. I then thought it might be suitable for Chris and Lizzie’s Witch Week earlier this month (it seemed to fit their theme of Polychromancy – fantasy/sci-fi by authors from diverse backgrounds) but I didn’t finish it in time for that either. I originally intended to read The Ghost Bride for this year’s RIP challenge but ran out of time. ![]()
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