Wanted to read this before I watched the movie. This book was so much fun. Over the top, but un-put-downable. It's a bit of a satire, but from what I hear, it's not terribly far off the mark. I loved the viewpoints from all of the different couples. The book plays with a bunch of different tensions: upper middle class v. wealthy v. crazy rich, ABC v. mainland Chinese v. overseas Chinese, men v. women. There are a lot of different perspectives. The book switches between them well. E.g., in one chapter, you flit from Rachel's thoughts to Nick's to Astrid's to several other characters within a few lines, and get to see the same events from completely different perspectives. It was a really light and fast read, but an enjoyable one.