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A review by ariotofsunlightreads
Heaven Has Eyes by Philip Joseph Holden
challenging
reflective
3.0
"Yet these perfect scars are also not without their beauty: they are hard, and can resist the storms of the world."
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ด ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ด is a collection of short stories that is poignant, evocative, & thought-provoking. i enjoyed the first half of the collectionโespecially the juxtaposition of two lives intertwined, so different and yet not, in ๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ, and the dreamy, gauzy, fairytale-like quality of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏโbut it couldnโt sustain my interest. that said, i do think itโs not a book to be consumed all at once, which was what iโd done; i could grow to love it the longer i ruminate on the stories. iโd recommend this to Singaporean readers (not just bc we should support Sing Lit!) bc through these stories, Holden illustrates how, despite the mundanity of our everyday existence, there is much more to be gleaned from the things happening around us.
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ด ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐ด is a collection of short stories that is poignant, evocative, & thought-provoking. i enjoyed the first half of the collectionโespecially the juxtaposition of two lives intertwined, so different and yet not, in ๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ, and the dreamy, gauzy, fairytale-like quality of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏโbut it couldnโt sustain my interest. that said, i do think itโs not a book to be consumed all at once, which was what iโd done; i could grow to love it the longer i ruminate on the stories. iโd recommend this to Singaporean readers (not just bc we should support Sing Lit!) bc through these stories, Holden illustrates how, despite the mundanity of our everyday existence, there is much more to be gleaned from the things happening around us.