A review by heathcliff
Lions in Winter by Wena Poon
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The stories in the front half of this collection from Poon were stronger, more coherent and had more texture compared to the second half. That being said, the stories of dislocation and migration are multifaceted and provide different lenses to seeing Singapore - not just narratives of longing and fracture, but also capturing why people desire to leave Singapore in the first place.