Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Book 3)

Our review

Kwan closes his trilogy with the same glittering excess, but this time the jewels come with a surprising amount of heart.

The comedy is still sharp. Kwan’s footnotes skewer luxury culture with deadpan precision, and his ensemble of grasping cousins, competitive aunties and tabloid-ready heirs is as entertaining as ever. What’s new is the tenderness. Su Yi’s history, revealed in flashbacks, gives the novel an emotional spine and lets the series reckon with what all that inheritance actually means to the people fighting over it. It’s the most rounded of the three books.

The sheer size of the cast remains a hurdle; there are moments when even devoted readers will need a family tree. Rachel, ostensibly a lead, gets surprisingly little to do, and a few subplots, particularly Kitty Pong’s antics, feel like sketches that wandered in from another novel. Still, as a send-off, it lands. Kwan gives his characters endings that feel earned, and the satire finally finds something to say beyond brand names.