What novel is The Bride from the Other Shore based on? Is The Bride from the Other Shore good?

Before the winter and summer holidays every year, a large number of film and television works are released on the screen. Recently, the "The Bride of the Other Shore" starring Huang Peijia, Wu Kangren and others will also be released on the screen. So what novel is "The Bride of the Other Shore" adapted from? Is "The Bride of the Other Shore" good? Let's take a look together.

What is the Bride of the Other Shore based on?

It is understood that the film is adapted from the novel "The Ghost Bride" by the Chinese-American writer Zhu Yangxi. The story mixes Chinese folk customs such as ghost marriages with romantic love and supernatural elements. Set in the 1890s, during the colonial period in Malacca, it tells the story of Lilan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese family, who was asked to become the "ghost bride" of the wealthy Lin family because her family fell into poverty - marrying the dead son of this family. She can have food and clothing, but marrying a dead man will follow her for the rest of her life, making it even more difficult to escape. After that, Lilan was drawn into the underworld and discovered the dark secrets of her "husband's family" as well as her own family's past.

What is the novel about

The Ghost Bride tells the story of Li Lan, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt Malaysian businessman, who marries Lim Tian Ching, the son of a wealthy family who mysteriously died, in order to appease the dead spirit. Li Lan didn't mind living like a widow until she met Lim's nephew, who made her fall in love. However, she began to be harassed by ghosts at night. Her plan to escape backfired, and her spirit left her body, starting her strange journey through the underworld. In the end, she embarked on a journey to uncover the dark history of the Lim family and the shocking past of her own family. The book presents a unique approach to supernatural romance.

Is The Other Shore's Bride good?

Ghost Bride is a full-English novel written by Harvard University graduate Zhu Yangxi in 2013. After it was released, it was recommended by many European and American celebrities and became a best-selling novel. The author Zhu Yangxi is a fourth-generation overseas Chinese in Malaysia. She studied in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Writing novels is just her personal hobby, but it has become a blockbuster. The TV series version of "The Bride of the Other Shore" is directed by Malaysian directors Guo Xiuzhuan and He Yuheng, and the release date is to be determined.