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A review by claire
Insurrecto by Gina Apostol
4.0
”a reader does not need to know everything.”
this was a masterpiece of a book.
it confused the hell out of me for a good part of the book. it made me work to understand what was going on and the type of story that it meant to tell. the chapters seem disjointed at first, but the care and thoughtfulness of their arrangement are revealed upon further reading.
as for the themes of the book, love, grief, and loss are heavily featured but so are justice, righteous anger, and love for one’s country. i liked understanding a lot of the references in the book even as it made me feel like i was back in my philippine history class in college.
i enjoyed getting to know this book and reading about casiana nacionales. the philippine-american war is rarely talked about for various (read: imperialist) reasons. it reminds me of how angry my grandmother would get when americans called the philippine-american war an insurrection. it’s stayed with me through all these years, and insurrecto validates that anger.
this was a masterpiece of a book.
it confused the hell out of me for a good part of the book. it made me work to understand what was going on and the type of story that it meant to tell. the chapters seem disjointed at first, but the care and thoughtfulness of their arrangement are revealed upon further reading.
as for the themes of the book, love, grief, and loss are heavily featured but so are justice, righteous anger, and love for one’s country. i liked understanding a lot of the references in the book even as it made me feel like i was back in my philippine history class in college.
i enjoyed getting to know this book and reading about casiana nacionales. the philippine-american war is rarely talked about for various (read: imperialist) reasons. it reminds me of how angry my grandmother would get when americans called the philippine-american war an insurrection. it’s stayed with me through all these years, and insurrecto validates that anger.