jurizprudence's review
4.0
lmao i was supposed to sell this because this was actually an impulse buy, one that i saw in the front window of booksale and thought, "oh i know that. isn't that related to trese?" and asked for the cashier for help in getting it. i bought it afterwards, of course, for not doing so would be embarassing. i guess i have to hunt the first compendium, the last journal of alejandro pardo, seeing that i actually enjoyed this, after binge reading it for three hours.
with_drea's review
4.0
I picked this up knowing it was a sequel to something I hadn't read but hoping that I'd still manage to understand what was going on, mostly because I'm so desperate to read more books based in Filipino mythology. I wasn't entirely correct-- I definitely would have gotten more value out of this had I read the first book-- but despite feeling a bit afloat in places, I still enjoyed this. The short story structure of this felt very true to the way we Pinoys love to tell stories, and what I understood of the broader narrative tale made me want to go back and read the first book for certain. I also just generally learned more about some figures in folklore I was already familiar with-- and learned about a couple I hadn't, yet!
guardyanangel's review
4.0
I picked this up knowing it was a sequel to something I hadn't read but hoping that I'd still manage to understand what was going on, mostly because I'm so desperate to read more books based in Filipino mythology. I wasn't entirely correct-- I definitely would have gotten more value out of this had I read the first book-- but despite feeling a bit afloat in places, I still enjoyed this. The short story structure of this felt very true to the way we Pinoys love to tell stories, and what I understood of the broader narrative tale made me want to go back and read the first book for certain. I also just generally learned more about some figures in folklore I was already familiar with-- and learned about a couple I hadn't, yet!
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