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Ponti by Sharlene Teo
Ponti, Ponti, Pontiโฆwhat a vexing read. This is one of those books that was ceaselessly frustrating and, dare I say, ultimately pointless. What was this book even about? There is no story, not really. We donโt even get satisfying character studies to make up for the plotlessness of Ponti. The characters are thinly-rendered and unfunny…
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2 STARS, 2000s, 2010s, actors, Adult, ALIENATION, ANGST, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, Contemporary, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), female authors, female friendships, film industry, friendships, grotesque, HIGH SCHOOL, HISTORICAL FICTION, horrible friends, illness, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, mothers & daughters, My reviews, Ponti, published in 2018, read in 2021, reading, Sharlene Teo, singapore, singaporean, Singaporean author, slow pacing, teen angst, toxic relationships -
Soy Sauce for Beginners by Kirstin Chen
In Soy Sauce for Beginners Kirstin Chen explores the dichotomy between tradition and modernity. When her marriage collapses our narrator and protagonist, Gretchen Lin, leaves San Francisco behind and returns to her family home in Singapore. Gretchen begins working at her family’s artisanal soy sauce businessโhence the titleโwhich was recently embroiled in a food-poising…
1st pov, 3 STARS, addiction, Adult, affairs, America, California, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, divorce/separations, drama, family, female authors, food & cooking, friendships, identity, intergenerational, jealousy, Kirstin Chen, MARRIAGE, published in 2014, read in 2021, san francisco, singapore, singaporean, Singaporean author, Soy Sauce for Beginners, work culture
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