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The Wangs vs. the World
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent - and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together.
Charles Wang is mad at America. A brash, lovable immigrant businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, he's just been ruined by the financial crisis. Now all Charles wants is to get his kids safely stowed away so that he can go to China and attempt to reclaim his family's ancestral lands - and his pride.
Charles pulls Andrew, his aspiring comedian son, and Grace, his style-obsessed daughter, out of schools he can no longer afford. Together with their stepmother, Barbra, they embark on a cross-country road trip from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the upstate New York hideout of the eldest daughter, disgraced art world it-girl Saina. But with his son waylaid by a temptress in New Orleans, his wife ready to defect for a set of 1,000-thread-count sheets, and an epic smash-up in North Carolina, Charles may have to choose between the old world and the new, between keeping his family intact and finally fulfilling his dream of starting anew in China.
Outrageously funny and full of charm, The Wangs vs. the World is an entirely fresh look at what it means to belong in America - and how going from glorious riches to (still name-brand) rags brings one family together in a way money never could.
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- Rachel - Audible
- 10-17-17
A Spin On the Classic All-American Road Trip Story
You know it’s serious when you re-up your lapsed audiobook subscription for just one book. It was so worth it for The Wangs vs the World by Jade Chang, the story of a wealthy immigrant family that loses their fortune in the financial crisis and regroups on a (hilarious) road trip across America.
What I love most about this audiobook, besides its spin on the classic All-American road trip story, is its delicate balance between comedy and compassion. I LOVE the entire Wang family — there’s the embarrassing dad, the cold stepmother, the art world ingenue, the college bro, the millennial fashion blogger, and the ironic hipster farmer. Jade Chang playfully teases each character about their individual personality quirks while ultimately digging into the humanity beneath, making you grow to love each one. My personal favorite is Grace, the high school student with a weird suicide obsession who steals blogging equipment from her boarding school.
And if you don’t cry during the last scene — the culmination of this family’s epic road trip that takes them all where they least expected to wind up — you are a heartless monster! (Just kidding!) (Kind of!) (It should make you cry at least a little on the inside.)
Nancy Wu crushes the audiobook narration with a fabulous dry humor, and she effortlessly switches registers and accents to portray different characters — everything from a sixteen-year-old fashion blogger to a sixty-year-old cosmetics tycoon. Snippets of Chinese are sprinkled throughout, and it was so cool to hear her speak both the Chinese and the English together. I loved every minute of her interpretation of this story, from beginning to end.
This is definitely one of those effortless listens that translates beautifully to audio <3
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- Kareol
- 01-07-17
Fun at first, but succumbs to fatal whininess
Would you try another book from Jade Chang and/or Nancy Wu?
I'd try another book from Jade Chang, even if it contains untranslated Chinese. Not sure I can listen to any more of Nancy Wu's voice, though. When the conversations got whiny, she was far too good at conveying that, to the point I just had to turn it off.
What was most disappointing about Jade Chang’s story?
One originally likable character suddenly revealed herself to be spoiled and whiny in a way that pulled the rug out from under me.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Nancy Wu?
Perhaps if the narrator could somehow have delivered the whiny dialogue without such an unbearably grating, whiny tone, I might have survived, but she didn't, and I couldn't.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The book was entertaining and thought provoking for much of the way. I regret not being able to get through the narrative arc.
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- Sara
- 10-25-16
Everything Or Nothing
I'm afraid that this story added up to a very long nothing for me. In the seven plus hours I have listened I haven't found one thing funny or even smile worthy. Nothing strikes me as insightful or poking fun at people who will do anything to make money and fame and then loose it all.
I took the headline for my review from a quote from the book. I couldn't agree less with this concept and many of the themes and beliefs the author embraces in this novel. To me, this isn't a story about a "lovable" businessman and a "charming romp" across America. Instead the book is filled with ridiculous and undeveloped themes about ownership, money, art and family. I know it's fiction--but really???
If this writing is all a pretense at parody it missed the mark for me. Instead what I found was heavy handed lecturing. In addition some readers may find many of the stories and much of the dialogue offensive on multiple levels. I hated the whole thing.
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- Ignatius
- 11-03-16
Great idea, but written by sledgehammer
A gaudy new money Chinese immigrant family goes bust, then must travel cross-country together by car to stay with the one family member who hasn't lost it all. What a terrific premise. Unfortunately, there is nothing fun or funny or sly or even that interesting about the rest of the the story. The cartoony characters are unsympathetic. The situations are unoriginal. The ending doesn't really fit with anything, making the reader if this is a fictionalized family memoir instead of a well-crafted narrative. If only this writer had a strong editor. The performance, however is great. Excellent reader.
5 people found this helpful
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- Rose
- 01-09-21
One of my favorite listens to date
This was such a fun, breezy and heartfelt listen. As a first-generation immigrant and the daughter of an immigrant, every facet of that depicted experience in America rang true. Simply put, I loved it.
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- Amalia Morris
- 10-11-20
A good way to spend some time
I loved it! At times humorous as well as thoughtful. The story took some turns that caught me off guard.
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- Carrie Keskinen
- 07-12-18
Loved this book!
I first heard about this book by listening to the Audible Podcast Authorized: Firsts. Host Ashley Ford interviewed author Jade Chang and I really enjoyed listening to her and was intrigued by the book. It did not disappoint. The story was really interesting, the characters really fleshed out and I cared about all of them up to the last page. It is really funny and touching and I highly recommend it.
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- A. Weber
- 03-07-18
Fascinating family journey.
Quite enjoyable. This was a fun, funny, touching read. The narration was really well done.
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- Christa T.
- 01-24-18
Fantastic
Good storytelling and good flow. The characters had depth and humor. I really enjoyed the book.
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- NNB
- 04-29-17
Boring story!
This was so painful to "read." I only finished it because it was part of my book club. The narrator is good, but that is the only good thing. Story is boring, not funny at all, and there are parts in Chinese that are never translated. A better choice would be the book called Crazy Rich Asians.
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