Jeremy Ho

A comprehensive tome that introduces you to the many facets of personal mental health experiences and current societal states, hinting that this is only the beginning. We have much more to learn. Give yourself time to comprehend, understand, and reflect on the various parts of your life which might need healing, and the spheres you might be able to help.

Really enjoyable, and relatable in many ways if you're from Singapore.

A charming tail.

Such great fun. Laughed out loud more than once. Endearing and enduring.

A culture so deep and so vast I will never fully fathom. Pooja's words are life; the raw pulsating rhythm of energy and pain, translated for us to vicariously feel.

One of the best books I've read in awhile. Warm familiarity of dishes discovered in Korea. Learning of others. Familial bittersweetness. Try not to cry.

This is essential reading for us anxious about Singapore's future. It crystallises some of our inherent inclinations into concrete thought lines, well-backed by research. It invites us to reconsider our paradigms in our daily living, economy and industry, and questions what can be done better.

While some essays are denser than others, it is generally well-edited and an enjoyable read that doesn't sacrifice depth to make it accessible.

I'll be glad to lend this to anyone interested.

A profound account of dealing with grief and an incisive look at mental health issues. It's not a story everyone can tell, and I hope it's not a story many more have to.

Empathetic, cogent, this is a must read when you're ready to engage the world beyond yourself.

So glad I finally got round to reading this. Bourdain describes the kitchen and chef's life with a great amount of insight and verve in language - so riveting you realise how amazing real life can be.

As I closed the book I found myself in tears.

A really fun casual read. Gaiman has a way with language. It's a solid 3.9 stars for me though - doesn't reach the transcendental heights of his other stories.

Poignant, and makes one pause to reflect on history. A perfect balance of lightness and depth; a book which pages I kept turning. And it pushes the possibilities of the comics medium.

I love Miranda July, but I couldn't get through this. I read till page 100 and wondered where it was going.

Riveting read. I didn't expect to but I devoured it in one day.

This book took a while longer. It's the kind of book that shifts your mind in gentle ways with each sentence you read. I usually take a break after every chapter, hoping their lessons sink in that day.

Reminders in an ever abstracting world to not only look forward, but back, and around us. Our teachers have come before, and are here right now. Nature, expressed in forgotten poetry—captivating stories only if we listen.

It's a lovely book.

I enjoyed experiencing vicariously the breadth of the Singaporean Malay experience. Parts humanly relatable, parts culturally new.