I just finished Women of Good Fortune and I give it ✡✦✧✵. Really, I give it 3 3/4 stars because it isn't a four star book, so I rounded up.
This is a book about three women in Shanghai: Lulu, who is getting married to a very wealthy man; Rina, Lulu's roommate who is torn between her career and settling down to get married; and Jane, who hates how she looks and is married to a man who she thinks married her for her money. Lulu's mother-in-law-to-be is a horrible person, and the novel suggests that wealth=horrible people. Lulu is unsure she really wants to be married, and her two friends come up with a plan: steal all the red envelopes (filled with cash) that the couple will receive at their marriage, split the money, and then go off to live their perfect lives (Lulu will live in Thailand, Jane will get plastic surgery, and Rina will get her eggs frozen). This has "Oceans 11" vibes but without the joy and silliness of Oceans 11. There are a few good twists that I didn't see coming, and once the actual 'heist' occurs it is a fast and fun read, but these three women are so miserable that it is hard to enjoy the book before the heist begins. I learned a lot about Chinese culture so that's a plus?
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