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Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal

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emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

When I saw this in the Kuala Lumpur Kinokuniya, I KNEW I had to read it! I bought it on Kindle only because my luggage wouldn’t allow me to fit yet another book in 😅
But Kindle or not, what an INCREDIBLE insight. Based around 3 Filipina domestic workers’ lives in Singapore, which is infamous for the ‘crazy rich Asians’ scene, this ties in so many interesting themes. Classism and racism are rife and it was fascinating to see how this all arose in Angel, Cora and Donita’s lives. 
I’ll put the content warnings for this one down below too 😳

I LOVED Angel’s narrative too. A queer woman fending for herself and coming out to her loved ones even when she was fearful was amazing. I got very teary! 🥹 I also really appreciated Cora and Elizabeth’s dynamic. The lines between employer and friend are sure to get blurred in domestic workers’ lives and not always for the best reasons, but their friendship was something I felt a big love for ✨ I was also delighted to see how Flordeliza got some sense of justice back, and how Donita never doubted that she was innocent even when the world was telling her different. BIG FAN OF THE FRIENDS IN THIS BOOK 🥰


One to DEFINITELY get into. Thank you to Balli Kaur Jaswal for this ✨ 
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