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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