Status Updates From Tiempo Muerto

Finished Pt.2, which showed more of their childhood in Banwa under the sugar famine. I wonder why much of the flashback scenes were given to Racel, leaving Lia much with the political chitchat.

Part 1 done. I mostly forgot aready what happens in this from my first read. Racel's perspective much more expansive and interesting but I want to see how Lia's arc continues. Jam-packed with commentary on contemporary export labor conditions.

p.20 - 6/21/26

Racel speaks first person, fragmentary. A bit wary about the narrative voice, because how much of it was actually the character's and how much was the editorializing. Engaging nonetheless.

Lia was in third person. Interesting technique in highlighting difference. I would need to see how this difference comes into play.

Why do I have a slower cadence in reading this?

Engaging. But not exactly as mesmerizing. It made me miss Singapore though, with its Iloilo film as nostalgia.