I listened to the audiobook of Last Tang standing while the presentation was excellent; the overall plot felt dry. I picked up this book because it's described as the next Crazy Rich Asians. I do think Last Tang standing would make an excellent movie; however, as a book, the author spent too much time writing about Adrea's day-to-day/ work-life for the book to be very engaging to this reader. This leads to the middle of the book being dry and the pacing slow.

While I didn't dislike the book, I did spend a lot of time wishing the audiobook to pick up and for the ending to arrive sooner. I also did not particularly enjoy the relationship being Andrea and her co-worker and continually got confused being Andrea's varying cast of friends. I did enjoy aspects of themes of finding happiness in a work-life balance and pursuing your dreams at any age.

Overall, I would not recommend this book to a beginner in the general fiction genre like I was. I'd rate the book 3 stars for its slow pacing and hope to see the story on the big screen.