2 novels

The work of Tara F. Sering –“Reconnaissance”

This chick literature she wrote was incredible. It really got my attention not hesitate to read it cause it made me thought that I was just reading a very long ladies confession on an FHM Magazine. It’s really interesting how she used the idea of settings like mostly common hang out place of Makati people. Malate, Café Havana , Tagaytay , et cetera. Plus , the style how she resolved the problem is like watching Bea Alonzo trying to recover from a break up. The way she wrote about the steps to forget the guy by dating other people is also well known so I can definitely relate to that. The story was “urban” and the situation is super realistic.

The work of F.H. Batacan - “Smaller and Smaller Circles”

To think that this is one of the few crime fictions made in the Philippines, I was not contempt how the story goes. The start was catchy for the readers since the event is something unlikely to happen. And during the investigation, it feels like the author was already giving away who was the suspect in the story. Also, there were parts that they were speaking in a different language and without a clue what they are saying. I believe it was really not necessary since I thought that the writer was bragging that he knows other language and use it to the story to make it colorful. I really found the story just “satisfactory”.