A rich, magical new book on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. It really has such an interesting and intriguing plot, the structure of the book is very fascinating and unique and I can see this book in a very Big Major Picture, the characters are very well connected and I really loved their strength and faith with each other, reading this you'll have a lot of mysteries in your mind, but and the twists are very breath-taking!

Discuss the structure of the novel, alternating between Ren's and Ji Lin's perspectives. How do their narrative styles and worldviews compare? Do you prefer one to the other? How would the novel have been different had it only been from one perspective? Collings, Michael R.; Engebretson, David (1985). The Shorter Works of Stephen King. Starmont House. p.35. ISBN 978-0-930261-03-0. The Mama, shifting her large bulk practically, said, “You’ll need a name. Preferably English. We’ll call you Louise.” A mesmerizing tale of murder, romance, and superstition...So vividly told, you can practically smell the oleander blossoms outside Acton’s house. This Night Tiger is worth a prowl. A work of incredible beauty…Astoundingly captivating and striking in its portrayal of love, betrayal, and death, The Night Tigeris a transcendent story of courage and connection.” ― Booklist(starred review)A sumptuous garden maze of a novel that immerses readers in a complex, vanished world.” — Kirkus (starred review) Ren is only 11 years old....a Chinese houseboy is on a mission to fulfill his formers master’s dying wish. His former master, Dr. MacFarlene, lost a finger due to an accident many years ago. Ren promised to find it and bury it with his body. The old age superstition says this ‘must’ happen in 49 Days...or his old master’s soul will wander the earth forever. Spignesi, Stephen J. (1991). The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia. Popular Culture. p.487. ISBN 978-1-56075-018-5.

The beginning starts slowly, for the same reasons that shifting narrators is usually slow. As soon as I caught on to who’s who and what’s happening in one storyline, we switched to another. I usually don’t much like shifting narrators, for exactly that reason, but after a few shifts, I really enjoyed seeing the same story unfold from different angles. It helped that there was a mystical connection between characters and storylines, so I kept seeing the same themes and events.

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You wrote The Night Tiger over the course of four years. What was that process like and how did you stay committed to the story? Ren, a young houseboy, is an orphan and has also suffered the loss of his twin. Alone and with complete loyalty to his dying master, Ren has accepted his final task to find his master's missing amputated finger and bury it with him in his grave before the 49 days of his soul are over. The soul cannot rest in peace if the body is not made whole again at death, and 49 days is a long time to wander the earth.

One plot point relies on knowing the Chinese versions of English names, and I immediately guessed the answer, because that’s how I would transliterate Lydia. When William’s Chinese name came up, it turned out to be 威力安，not 威廉 as I expected, so I thought that Lydia was just another coincidence or a misdirection. So it was a double twist when the whole thing was revealed. Such a great series of twists. A work of incredible beauty...Astoundingly captivating and striking in its portrayal of love, betrayal, and death, The Night Tiger is a transcendent story of courage and connection." — Booklist (starred review) What I liked about the first novel and also here, is the presence of Chinese-Malaya mythology such as weretigers, the underworld, the 5 Confucian virtues and all kinds of superstitions. However, in this one “evil spirits” were less creepy and some of the magical narratives were abandoned without a satisfactory conclusion. For example, there was supposed to be some sort of an important meaning about the meeting of the characters with the names of Confucian virtues but in the end it went nowhere. Also, at some point, Yi warned Ji Lin that the finger shouldn’t be returned to its owner but then the idea was abandoned. Moreover, the story moved from the mythology oriented story into a who-dunnit which was a bit confusing. I think the novel tried to be too many things. The same happened with the characters, there were too many main ones and they felt flat because they were not sufficiently developed, compared to her first novel.Malaysia is very much a melting pot. There are Malays, a large Chinese presence and also Hindus from Southern India. There were Arab traders, Jewish traders, Portuguese and Dutch settlers. The interesting thing is that everybody has superstitions, and in such a multi-cultural society, everybody adopts everybody else's.