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150 reviews for:

We, The Survivors

Tash Aw

3.64 AVERAGE


Tutte le ragioni e le necessità che portano a dover uccidere un uomo.

Cleverly layered.
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Poor structure. Jumping all over. You know the ending from the very beginning. Wish i’d stopped half way through.
challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced

I was skeptical of reading this book as I found a previous Tash Aw book difficult to get through, but I am glad I did read it.
I couldn't put the book down and ended up reading it over the weekend, the fastest I've read a book in a very long while.

The book is written from the view of Ah Hock (Lee) as he tells his story to a student / book writer. The story of a murder he committed.

He talks about his childhood, his jobs, his wife, and about his friend, Keong. At first, I thought that all this information about his childhood and his jobs etc were not really relevant to the story, but in fact, nearly everything Ah Hock talks about IS relevant.

The author has managed to write a great story here and developed important characters that you become to know.

Ah Hock should never have been friends with Keong.