Dark, magical, and bewitching, The Night Tiger transports the reader to colonial Malaya where weretigers supposedly roam, strange deaths are happening in a sleepy town in Ipoh. A young boy is searching for a missing finger and is mysteriously connected to a woman trying to make some money as a dance hall girl.
Choo permeates her story with all the sounds, smells and tastes of Malaysia. She brings in so many Malaysian foods that I am often left hungry after reading a few chapters (Malaysian and Singaporean foods are quite similar).
She deftly weaves in a variety of folklore and superstitions like the pontianak and weretigers. It’s a great mix of supernatural and historical. And overall, a beautifully written, magical tale blended with some mysteries that left this reader guessing until the end.
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Oh, this is great to hear! I just checked this book out and this makes me really excited to read it! It can be so tricky to write a fantasy book that deals with folklore well, but it’s always a treat when it does happen.
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I hope you enjoy it!
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I am on the library list for this – not a long one, fortunately. And they’re holding The Ghost Bride for me in the meantime.
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I think I remember that you read her earlier book and enjoyed it as well, no? This sounds like a great tale too.
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Yes I really liked both her books! Hope you enjoy them.
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