Book review

Book review

Catherine Cho centres women in her gripping gangster drama The Devoted

Catherine Cho, author of The Devoted. The Devoted is a deftly plotted Hong Kong gangster drama.

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Asako Yuzuki’s Butter follow-up, Hooked, dissects complexities of female friendships

Hooked by Asako Yuzuki.

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Quirky characters and Singapore history anchor Ovidia Yu’s The Tembusu Tree Mystery

The Tembusu Tree Mystery is the latest instalment in Ovidia Yu's long-running Crown Colony series.

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Eat Bitter a raw exploration of food and endurance

Eat Bitter is a memoir by Lydia Pang.

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In Dorothy Tse’s chilling City Like Water, Hong Kong cannot remember itself

Hong Kong writer Dorothy Tse's latest book City Like Water is a surrealist novella in which a Hong Kong-like city is inundated with water.

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Superfan is an intimate portrait of parasocial love

Superfan by Jenny Tinghui Zhang.

The New York Times severs ties with freelance journalist over AI use in book review

Author and journalist Alex Preston's review of Jean-Baptiste Andrea's Watching Over Her included language and details similar to those in an earlier review of the same book published in British daily The Guardian.

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Sociologist Teo You Yenn’s Unease spells out familiar woes of parenting and runaway private tuition

Nanyang Technological University associate professor Teo You Yenn has put out a new book, titled Unease: Life In Singapore Families.

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Poetry collections by Cyril Wong and Shilpa Dikshit Thapliyal examine self and identity

Poets Cyril Wong (left) and Shilpa Dikshit Thapliyal.

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Holy Boy a missed opportunity to explore dark side of fandom

South Korean author Lee Hee-joo’s Holy Boy takes a stab at a twisted tale of fandom.

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