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This graphic novel is dense, challenging, and remarkable. The author creates a main character that is an elderly comic artist from Singapore, Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Charlie is reflecting on his life and career. In particular, he's reflecting on the political upheaval of Singapore and its impact on both the general population, and him as an individual. He's lived through independence, a tenuous merger with Malaysia, the waxing and waning power of Chinese culture versus Western culture, and the t
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I liked this quite a bit. I really enjoyed the different use of styles, and the little tiny Sonny Liew that showed up throughout. This is a really cool way to explore the history of a country by imagining the way an artist would depict it. However, I thought the middle dragged quite a bit because it moved away from Charlie's experiences and more to the history parts without connecting it to his experiences.
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Jun 05, 2015
Kara
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2016
Chessa
marked it as to-read
Jul 25, 2016
Adam Maid
marked it as to-read
Aug 28, 2016
Noam
marked it as to-read
