Book Review: There’s No Such Thing as a Skinny Bibik — Charm, Heart, Tradition & A Twist of Intrigue
It cleverly weaves heritage, humour, identity, adventure and romance into a package that’s both delightful and meaningful.
It does more than tell one man’s life—it holds up a mirror to a society chasing a story, and asks what is broken when the story expects you to perform.
Sebastian Sim has crafted a book that is sharp, smart, and indispensable.
Impractical Uses of Cake earns its five-star rating because it is small-scale and big-hearted, quietly observant and deeply resonant.
With quiet precision, it captures the contradictions of life in a nation celebrated for its progress but haunted by its silences.
Wei has given us a novel that not only entertains but also lingers, inviting readers to reflect on their own stories, their own families, their own sense of self.
This is a book that makes you pause and reflect, not only on the hidden histories of places but also on the untold stories within families, communities, and nations.
Winner of the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize, this collection is bold, daring, and unapologetically messy in the best way possible.
What started as a relatively small literary scene has blossomed into a diverse body encompassing fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, and essays.