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mariaellabetos's review

3.0

I, uh, honestly don't know what to say.
If rumination is this long, then please stop, because that was one rollercoaster ride.

There are thoughts that make you feel incomplete. There are thoughts that are measured and too short, you look for more. I don't make sense (in this review), do I?

Anyways, I appreciate the work. At the first few chapters, I felt the somber mood of heartbreaks, and being trapped and jaded and lost. However, there are times when I felt off at the latter pages -- there are inserted characters that are irrelevant, deliberately put there as a device to evoke an emotion out of a chapter. That felt weird.

First #ASEAN read of 2019! Looking forward for more. :D

navyasinha's review

4.0

Well-written and poetic

stacyannemarie's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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phobosm's review

5.0
emotional inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm so glad I decided to take a chance and pick up this book. 

De Rozario's writing may be one of the most beautiful I've encountered and is exactly the kind of poetic prose I've been looking for. 

Absolutely beautiful read with so many powerful messages. This is definitely a book that can be re-digested again and again.

judithhuang's review

5.0

Shades of Jeanette Winterson in Rozario's poetic prose - sometimes discursive, always thoughtful and imaginative. Beautiful writing, and I actually preferred it to tender delirium ( though that was also good). The lost relationship threaded through the book haunts you even when you've put the book away, like a trace of something bitter in the mouth.