Nga-Yee, a librarian, lives a quiet life with her fifteen-year-old sister Siu-Man. After a difficult, impoverished upbringing and the deaths of their parents, they are finally finding a bit of stability. Then one day, Nga-Yee comes home to find her teenage sister has jumped to her death. Was it suicide, or was she pushed? And does it have anything to do with a recent trip on the Hong Kong subway which left Siu-Man silent and withdrawn? Nga-Yee cannot rest until she knows the truth about her sister – even if that means tracking down her sister's friends one by one and making them confess. Part detective novel, part revenge thriller, Second Sister explores themes of sexual harassment, internet bullying and teenage suicide – and vividly captures the zeitgeist of Hong Kong today.
Publication Year: 2020
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0This book is more than "three acts”, I've lost count of the number of "WHAT???" I've uttered along the way. I have almost no expectations for this book, I picked it up because I'd heard it was good and I was looking for a detective slash crime mystery book, but I got so much more. Wow. Wow, just wow. WOW. I'm not sure how to review this book properly right now; I just finished it five minutes ago and all I can say is READ IT. NOW.
“Happy families are all alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in their own way.”
“You talk about people in the internet as a way of avoiding reality. People are never willing to admit the selfishness and desire hidden with our human nature. They always find something to use as a scapegoat.”
0Buku ini bgus bgt, suka dengan terjemahannya. Sbnrnya selesai baca buku ini tgl 08-11-22. Bener bener bgus bgt endingnya. Menikmati bgt setiap alurnya, dan terbawa suasana. Saking harus kelarin buku ini sampai pernah mimpiin ttg kasus pembunuhan.
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