![]() ![]() I thought that the author did a great job describing the President Duterte’s war on drugs in a multifaceted way. Just google, “1904 World’s Fair filipino.” I only just learned about that when I was in college. Tito Maning says to Jay, “Do you know the Americans stole entire villages and then displayed them in your country as I they were animals in a zoo?” (pg. In this book, one example is when the author casually brings up the American human zoos. ![]() ![]() If you’ve read my review of THUG, you’ll see some examples. ![]() They both like to bring up big points in subtle ways. There’s something about Randy Ribay’s writing that reminds me of Angie Thomas’s. That was likely a marketing ploy, but in a way I do see merit to that comparison. The blurb on the back of the cover compares this book to Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give. Every time I saw something, I was like, “Yeah, that’s my culture right there!” By the way, that happened a lot throughout this book. I’ve never read a book with this much Filipino culture. I don’t even know where to begin.įirst off, all the Filipino culture was amazing to see. I also want to say that I’ve never been to the Philippines so I can’t speak to anything in that regard. Seeing myself represented in literature means the world to me. Like the main character of this book, I am half Filipino and half white. I just want to preface this review by saying this was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. Since I received an ARC, my quotes from the book are tentative. I received an ARC of this book for free from the publisher as part of a blog tour. ![]()
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