As it is, readers may not be moved by The Night Tiger. Any probing self-analysis might have resulted in a more plodding novel, one that wouldn’t have been half as entertaining. Conversely, Ji Lin relates her story in the past tense, but neither she nor the reader benefits from hindsight. Ren doesn’t know what is going to happen next, and neither does the reader. Ren’s porous sense of reality (and Choo’s smart use of the present tense) gives his passages a propulsive vitality that grips the reader’s attention. Yangsze Choos The Night Tiger pulls us into a world of servants and masters, age-old superstition and modern idealism, sibling rivalry and forbidden love. Choo’s skill in creating a dynamic, vibrant, non-Western cosmos rivals that of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Half of a Yellow Sun. To her credit, Choo manages to ots and subplots with themes of superstition, Confucianism, and the desire for personal fulfillment versus the tug of familial loyalty. Instead, what author Yangsze Choo has given readers is a darn good yarn. The Night Tiger is a galloping good read that’s blessedly free of political polemics and post-colonial self-righteousness.
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