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Skimmed through this one as well. Might try to read it again, slowly..
If you are as lazy as I am, you probably aren’t going to read every story in this book. Perhaps you’ll dip your feet in the water by flipping to the very first story, or perhaps by scanning the contents page for a title or Writers name that attracts your eye. These are all very good ideas. Excellent ideas. Alternatively, you can start your journey by turning to Page 136, and reading Andrew Yuen’s story, Love in a Time of Dying. If the story ends up not to your liking, don’t panic, because there
Rating clarification: 3.5 starsI always think it's a good idea to read short story collections until I start reading one, and then I find myself not very engaged as the stories change from one to another, either in a very jarring manner, or the stories are so artificially similar that they begin to blur into one. Short story collections often have a theme, and in this case, it felt like the theme was very loosely "Singapore" by way of mention or casual association. Rather than capturing the esse...