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Book Review: The Poppy War by RF Kuang
Book Review: The Poppy War by RF Kuang
In my seemingly neverending reading slump, I found The Poppy War.
And, boy, was I glad. I am blown away. If you’re looking for a thrilling dark fantasy based on Chinese history that is non-romance-heavy with an underdog heroine with questionable morality, The Poppy War is for you.
Contains spoilers, duh.
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7k Followers Giveaway Winners!
7k Followers Giveaway Winners!
Sorry for the delay in announcing winners. I’ve been away for 2 weeks and at last have the opportunity to announce the winners of my giveaway!
It’s been a blast running this and seeing how many participants we had (almost 200 entries!). I definitely plan on doing more of this in the future to give back to the community.
Now, without further ado, let’s announce the winners of my 7k Wattpad…
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GIVEAWAY ENDING SOON
The 7k Followers Giveaway is ending in just 24 hours!! We have almost 200 entries thus far. Spread the word, tweet, tag, and get extra entries for a chance to win a physical book of your choice, open internationally!
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GIVEAWAY TIME
*Throws confetti*
*Blows party horns*
It’s time for the 7k Wattpad Followers Giveaway!
Join in the raffle now!
Remember, this is open worldwide as long as The Book Depository ships to you! No payment necessary. Open to Wattpad followers of mine only.
What book(s) are you looking forward to getting this year? Leave a comment below!
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I played the games. I collected the cards. I watched the cartoons (and the cartoon movies). I still have some of the figurines.
And now there’s a real-life movie ohmygosh.
Contains spoilers, duh.
Detective Pikachu follows Tim Goodman, who doesn’t have a talent or any interest in Pokemon training. When his father disappears mysteriously, he sets off to collect what is his and that was all he wants.
And then a talking Pikachu shows up. Voiced by Ryan Reynolds. Who is perfection.
Detective Pikachu was everything we 90s kids who grew up playing/collecting/watching Pokemon wanted to see: what it was like to live in a world surrounded by Pokemon — and the film did not disappoint. They were everywhere. Pidgeys flying in the sky, aipoms sitting outside apartments, companions like Audinos and Growlithes bouncing around, Snorlaxes sleeping at street junctions… it was endless. My inner child squealed. My outer adult shuddered a little at the aesthetics — some of them are a bit too uncanny valley.
Like Psyduck.
Yikes.
And Pikachu looks like a Furby. Those shiny soul-less eyes.
Double yikes.
Aesthetics aside, it was very cool seeing how the Pokemon blended into our world. The animation is excellent. We have the companions and the wild urban Pokemon and the illicit underground battles. The abilities clashing into each other makes colourful fight scenes. The humour was excellent and on point, like the Magikarp splashing before evolving into Gyarados (its glory moment was sadly short-lived) or the Mr. Mime interrogation scene that was downright dark and excellent for adults.
And that Ditto. Dear God, that Ditto.
Those are the good bits. The bad bits are just the plot, to be honest. Kind of predictable and cheesy. Mewtwo just happens to have the ability to fuse humans and Pokemon together? But it only works when the Pokemon are in a frenzy but also docile (???what) also, wait, how does that work out with Goodman Sr.’s Pikachu??
The twist — that Howard Clifford was the real Big Bad — was predictable. Goodman Sr. never being really dead was predictable. However, him being blended into the Pikachu was a foreshadowed surprise — but I also have to say, it makes no sense how blending Pikachu and Goodman Sr. together ‘heals’ or ‘saves’ Goodman and it was never explained — or why it was necessary that Pikachu brings Tim to Mewtwo first before Goodman Sr. can be saved. Did Mewtwo make Goodman Sr. a new body from Tim?
The wrap-up where Mewtwo just gives off a large pulse to undo all the fuckuppery Howard Clifford did was hella convenient. Don’t worry. Control-Z. Done. Voila!
But, I mean, overall, good film. I enjoyed it. My childhood resontaed with it.
Verdict: 3 stars.
Reminder that the 7k Wattpad Followers Giveaway starts this week Friday 24th May! Check out more details here!
Film Review: Detective Pikachu I played the games. I collected the cards. I watched the cartoons (and the cartoon movies). I still have some of the figurines.
Are you Ready for the Giveaway?
Are you Ready for the Giveaway?
Are you ready for the GIVEAWAY?
In celebration of me reaching 7k followers on Wattpad, I am giving away two published fiction books of your choice. Open internationally as long as The Book Depository ships to your country. Starting Friday 24th May until Friday 31st May (Hong Kong time, GMT+7 hrs), you can enter multiple times to increase your chances of winning. Winners will be announced here on
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Book Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Book Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
I’m usually not a fan of first person POV, nevermind first person present tense — feels too much like Goosebumps and I associate that with my childhood, not my adulthood — but Shatter Me is such an emotional rollercoaster this was an expertly brilliant way to portray those feelings. I am breathless. What a book.
Contains spoilers, duh.
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May Updates
It’s been a while since this blog has been updated because life has been busy! You’ll want to read this post, because it’s an update for upcoming news and a giveaway!
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“How do you feel?”
“…Am I dead?”
“That’s a pretty reasonable guess, not many people survive a cannonball to the nuts. Normally people move out the way.”
Been going through some dialogue prompts today for a new plot bunny and this made me chuckle
Film Review: Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
Film Review: Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
If you like horror films — actual edge-of-your-pants, “Is this real or isn’t it”, honest-to-goodness horror films — and don’t mind chasing subtitles, you need to check out this film.
It’s super creepy without resorting to cheap scare tactics or music, LOVED it. I always hated the recent mainstream Hollywood scary films with either really shitty camera work that was more torture via motion…
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Book Review: Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Book Review: Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
I tried to get into Veronica Roth’s books. But perhaps the stars didn’t align or whatever. I got Divergent and was bored after Chapter 1. I started this one and… also got bored. DNF’d after — I lost count. A few chapters.
I don’t think this post contains enough information to spoil, considering I did only read like four chapters.
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Film Review: It (2017)
Film Review: It (2017)
F*cking clowns, man.
I hate clowns. I hate them with a passion. As a child, my greatest fears were skeletons and clowns. As a grown-up, I’d gotten over the former, but not the latter. I’d seen part of the TV miniseries but couldn’t really bear the (now comparably) awful 1990 film quality.
This one, though? Brrrrr. Did I mention I hate clowns?
This review doesn’t contain spoilers.
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Book Review: The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
Book Review: The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
I’ve been a fan of Holmberg’s work and her magical world ever since The Paper Magician trilogy, so I was beyond excited when I learnt a new book, based in the same world as Ceony and Emery, was coming out.
The Plastic Magician is set a few years after the events of The Paper Magician trilogy and follows a new apprentice, American magician-in-training Alvie Brechenmacher, who travels to England…
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Currently Writing: Techno Fever
Currently Writing: Techno Fever
Wattpad is hosting the second season of Open Novella Contest, a beginner’s version of NaNoWriMo where the challenge is to write a 40k word novella in 3 months. Last year, I wrote Empress of Fire, an Asian Fantasy Adventure set in pseudo-Qing dynasty of China. This year, I’ve been itching to write but haven’t been inspired and haven’t had the energy, thanks to a mostridiculous working schedule of…
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Book Review: Summoner by Taran Matharu
Book Review: Summoner by Taran Matharu
Taran Matharu is one of the Wattpad-turned-published authors. His book, Summoner, amassed millions of reads on Wattpad before being published. I never got to read the Wattpad version, but at the start of 2018, I did pick up a copy at the library and read it through.
Contains spoilers, duh.
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Film Review: Aquaman
Saw this in the cinema and… daaaaamn.
This and Wonder Woman restored some faith for me in the DC movie-verse. Aquaman is action-packed, full of beautiful CGI, breathtaking scenes, mindblowing music, and a cheesy plot. Worth watching in the cinema.
Contains spoilers, duh.
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2018 has been a busy year of exams, long working hours, and not much productivity in terms of fiction writing after April Camp NaNoWriMo 2018. I did actually have a November NaNoWriMo project, but that soon faltered after 3k words because I couldn’t juggle that and 30-hour on-call shifts seven times a month. I was too drained.
With that said, I do have a few projects I wanted to work on this year and, with luck, some of them will actually come to fruition. (Contains spoilers for works already available online.)
PROJECT LUNATION
Books 1 and 2 saw Ari and friends realise the fallacy that was March City, their breaking out, their short-lived peaceful period as the dogs of Candra, and subsequent breakout as their own society. But at the end of Book 2, Mina is missing and their immediate surrounding is full of apparently brainless, infected Users keen on wreaking destruction, and Ari isn’t sure how much time she has until Mina, who is bitter and walked out of Candra of her own volition, also succumbs to the disease.
RUNE MAGE
Books 1 followed Seiren’s journey into restoring her dead sister, Madeleine, whilst unwittingly uncovering a devastating plan by the powerful to sacrifice the countrymen to revive ancient, deadly magic. Book 2 saw them chasing after Kristen, the brains behind the genocide, as she escapes to Hanna, the dread nation of savages and demons. When the equally power-hungry royal of Hanna successfully brings back an ancient, vengeful being, the end of Book 2 sees that being stealing Madeleine’s body. Seiren now has to partner up with Kristen to seek help from an equally ancient and powerful being to save her sister.
OTHERS
If my NaNoWriMo project gains progress, I will announce it here, but if it ends up on my ‘To-Do’ pile alongside the rest of the plot bunnies, then it won’t be seen for quite a while…
What are your writing plans for 2019?
Projects for 2019 2018 has been a busy year of exams, long working hours, and not much productivity in terms of fiction writing after April Camp NaNoWriMo 2018.
