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4.51 AVERAGE
4.51 AVERAGE
THE BOOK IS SOOOO WHOLESOME. It's educative, sad, entertaining, reflective, full of history lessons without being preachy, it is EVERYTHING. I love it so very much and I am glad that it is my first read of the year and it's a 5-star read. I'm extremely glad.
Sonny Liew is a genius for putting this whole thing together. Plus his drawings are excellent. Also, I love my special edition hardcover - and I love the paper of this book!
Shout out to people at Epigram books who successfully sold this book to me. Recommendations from an independent publisher are never wrong.
Sonny Liew is a genius for putting this whole thing together. Plus his drawings are excellent. Also, I love my special edition hardcover - and I love the paper of this book!
Shout out to people at Epigram books who successfully sold this book to me. Recommendations from an independent publisher are never wrong.
The story of pragmatism versus idealism, who lost, and why they matter: https://mimidoshima.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/alamak/
Masterful. Sonny Liew has crafted an incredible graphic novel that pushes the boundaries of the medium and the genre.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
#bookreview 'The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye' by Sonny Liew. This graphic novel deserves all the accolades that it received, and more, in my opinion. A brilliant work of revisionist history that explores multiple 'what ifs' that have been lingering on my mind (and others', I'm pretty sure) .
Liew's ability to channel various voices in this thought-provoking work of art is commendable. I enjoyed the subversions and the portrayal of multiple perspectives on Singapore history, and society, that were delivered in the book! It is definitely meta-cognitive at some parts, allowing readers to mull over the many possibilities of discovering the Truth of Singapore's past and its identity today. I appreciated Liew's ability to reiterate the need to be objective in our learning and understanding of who controls our past - and thus defining our present and our future.
I can only imagine why the grant bestowed to him was taken away but this work of art is a crucial read for all Singaporeans. (It had its funding withdrawn by the National Arts Council (NAC) in 2015 due to "sensitive content", just fyi) The trust in Singaporeans to discern fact from fiction is sorely lacking in the powers that govern us, I feel. That said, it only reiterates the need for us to be accountable and to be critical in our learning - to weigh different perspectives before arriving at our conclusions. History, after all, is never 100% objective.
Liew's ability to channel various voices in this thought-provoking work of art is commendable. I enjoyed the subversions and the portrayal of multiple perspectives on Singapore history, and society, that were delivered in the book! It is definitely meta-cognitive at some parts, allowing readers to mull over the many possibilities of discovering the Truth of Singapore's past and its identity today. I appreciated Liew's ability to reiterate the need to be objective in our learning and understanding of who controls our past - and thus defining our present and our future.
I can only imagine why the grant bestowed to him was taken away but this work of art is a crucial read for all Singaporeans. (It had its funding withdrawn by the National Arts Council (NAC) in 2015 due to "sensitive content", just fyi) The trust in Singaporeans to discern fact from fiction is sorely lacking in the powers that govern us, I feel. That said, it only reiterates the need for us to be accountable and to be critical in our learning - to weigh different perspectives before arriving at our conclusions. History, after all, is never 100% objective.
Beautiful, subversive, ballsy, moving, simply brilliant. Couldn’t stop reading. Finished it in a day.