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A review by whaliensong
The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Reading More Pilipino!
This is a book that moved me, as it is prevalent in my life and the lives of those I love in many ways, regarding the trials of citizenship in this country and the trials of being young and figuring out what you're made of.
Excel reads as someone lost and exhausted, just going about the motions and doing as much as he can while remaining hidden in plain sight as someone undocumented. Between the two timelines that this story primarily leaps between - the 9 months he spends in desert town Hello City and back at his mother's place in Colma, California - I really enjoyed witnessing how both experiences provide Excel with a newfound wisdom that allows him to examine his relationship with his mother, his unprocessed grief, and his own identity under a different, more matured lens.
Excel reads as someone lost and exhausted, just going about the motions and doing as much as he can while remaining hidden in plain sight as someone undocumented. Between the two timelines that this story primarily leaps between - the 9 months he spends in desert town Hello City and back at his mother's place in Colma, California - I really enjoyed witnessing how both experiences provide Excel with a newfound wisdom that allows him to examine his relationship with his mother, his unprocessed grief, and his own identity under a different, more matured lens.