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The first chapter of this novel gave me the type of high that I'm forever searching for in books but find only rarely; it's that surge of something that feels like adrenaline. I immediately fell in love with the sharp, funny voice in that first chapter that chronicled the early beginnings of Paz, a no-nonsense young woman in the northern Philippines who’s just trying to make her way through a life that hasn’t given her much. But then, in a shift where we fast forward to Paz settling down in Cali
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It has some difficult topics but it's a smooth read diaspora novel. I even googled some of the music and manga references. That said, I'm docking a star for using 2nd person POV and for not italicizing foreign words. I understand 2 of the three languages so I was thrown off by the Ilokano words. Thought they were English or Tagalog words that I could learn.
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I felt like I stepped into unknown territory, not knowing much about the Philippines or the Filipino immigrants in the USA before reading this book. Interesting story, but didn’t really captivate me.
Jun 02, 2018
Kirsty
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Katie
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