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A review by aidrielle
The Quiet Ones by Glenn Diaz
5.0
REREAD (7/30/2020) - 4.5 STARS~ ROUNDED UP TO 5
wala po talagang bearing 'yung nauna kong review dahil mga 3 days lang nilaan ko para basahin 'tong libro az a naghahabol makapagpasa ng final requirements sa klase ni sir eros T____T ayon so binasa ko ulit siya ~2 years later and sobrang ganda T___T
-glenn diaz really said capitalism turns us all into numb, mindless machines and did he stutter tho??? his writing is SO GOOD. it feels...seamless, the way he weaves ideas together. it's like water. i will forever gush about some of the passages he's written here.
-nakakairita si scott ayoko na tuloy mag-anthro chz (i liked his essay tho, even as he romanticizes the sad parts about filipino culture)
-the middle of the book >>>> the beginning and the end (maybe i just don't like alvin lmao). i guess i just cared more about the slice-of-life vignettes about the characters' lives than the actual heist element of the book. the characters feel very real and i loved seeing their dynamics together!!
-i also really really liked the allegorical aspects of each relationship!! it was very interesting to see their dynamics. and come on, the filipinoxamerican and filipinoxspanish relationships couldn't have been coincidences!!
-even though it was the shortest part in the book, i loved eric and gene's story the most T___T
-i also really liked how "it's still me" was repeated throughout. as it was mentioned in the book, the fact that you have to say those words is just proof of how much you've actually changed.
-ang ganda ganda sobrang ganda talaga ng prose. glenn diaz write more books challenge char
PRIOR REVIEW (12/17/2018) - 3 STARS
beautiful but boring
wala po talagang bearing 'yung nauna kong review dahil mga 3 days lang nilaan ko para basahin 'tong libro az a naghahabol makapagpasa ng final requirements sa klase ni sir eros T____T ayon so binasa ko ulit siya ~2 years later and sobrang ganda T___T
-glenn diaz really said capitalism turns us all into numb, mindless machines and did he stutter tho??? his writing is SO GOOD. it feels...seamless, the way he weaves ideas together. it's like water. i will forever gush about some of the passages he's written here.
-nakakairita si scott ayoko na tuloy mag-anthro chz (i liked his essay tho, even as he romanticizes the sad parts about filipino culture)
-the middle of the book >>>> the beginning and the end (maybe i just don't like alvin lmao). i guess i just cared more about the slice-of-life vignettes about the characters' lives than the actual heist element of the book. the characters feel very real and i loved seeing their dynamics together!!
-i also really really liked the allegorical aspects of each relationship!! it was very interesting to see their dynamics. and come on, the filipinoxamerican and filipinoxspanish relationships couldn't have been coincidences!!
-even though it was the shortest part in the book, i loved eric and gene's story the most T___T
-i also really liked how "it's still me" was repeated throughout. as it was mentioned in the book, the fact that you have to say those words is just proof of how much you've actually changed.
-ang ganda ganda sobrang ganda talaga ng prose. glenn diaz write more books challenge char
PRIOR REVIEW (12/17/2018) - 3 STARS
beautiful but boring