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A review by emburger
Ponti by Sharlene Teo
3.0
Ponti accurately captured how it feels to be an insecure teenage girl, the tenuous push and pull of a friendship that feels like 2 drowning people sharing a very flimsy life buoy. I also quite like how messed up all the three main women are (though Szu appears to have gotten her shit together eventually). Refreshing to not have female protagonists who are beyond reproach.
That said, pace is was super slow, not sure where the story was going most of the time, too many set-ups left discarded, leaving unsatisfying gaps. (What's up with Novita??? What's up with the aunt's uneasy disapproval of her appearance?)
That said, pace is was super slow, not sure where the story was going most of the time, too many set-ups left discarded, leaving unsatisfying gaps. (What's up with Novita??? What's up with the aunt's uneasy disapproval of her appearance?)