This is my 4th book by Amy Tan, which I enjoyed reading (same as the prev. ones) although disappointing for the author who has written good stories. This is a story narrated by a recently dead person named Bibi Chen, who is a very art-loving person. The beginning chapters were a little bit boring because it mainly tells you about information (not even related to the next chapters) and Amy Tan descriptions were too long and I should say very "artful," though I'm not the kind of person who's into art that much as the narrator, Bibi Chen. At first, you'd get confused on who's who and what their backgrounds are but in the middle of the story, you'll understand who they all are and would not, anymore, get confused with the many characters in the story. The blurb (almost) summarizes the entire main parts in the book. There were funny parts (especially in the part where they get stuck in the "No Name Place"), "sexy" parts, romantic, mesmerizing, scary, almost all of the story kinds! Overall, not a bad book to be read. As usual with Amy Tan's books, there are many lessons to be learned in the whole story!