The Night Tiger: the enchanting mystery and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick

Reviews

MomiTomi

Vivid, raw and real The writing is just glorious.

The booktrail

Loved how the book flowed, once she got all the characters fleshed out. ”It’s poetic and lyrical throughout and reads like a piece of music with its swirling images, lush forest like descriptions which shimmer in the Malaysian heat which emanates from the page.

There are so many themes explored here – the colonial times of course, but also the relationship between master and servant, superstitions, culture, belief systems and the need to do what is right. Aspects of Magic and magical realism shimmer and make this a sumptuous piece of writing. If then you talk about dead people’s souls which can get stuck on earth, who can then turn into tigers, I would have really started to wonder. There are gems of folklore and Chinese beliefs throughout….

It sounds like ‘die, definately die’ and as a result, the number four and all its iterations are to be avoided. The colours both on the cover and inside the story are bright and alive. That cover is just gorgeous!

This novel however is one of the most magical and fascinating novels I’ve read in a long time. .

It's the perfect mix of immersive reading for BookTrail purposes! “Fourty- four is an unlucky number for Chinese.