Ovidia Yu delivers flavour, humour, tenderness, and intrigue, making this an irresistible start to a series you’ll eagerly continue.
Yu doesn’t just deliver “another murder mystery”; she wraps it in localisation, culture, food, and social commentary.
If you’re a fan of comedic fantasy, local satire, or books that don’t take themselves too seriously, this book will absolutely delight you.
It is a celebration of misfits, a critique of society, and ultimately a love story about unlikely belonging.
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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.