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spaemdmt's review
4.0
Gone Case is a great graphic novel. It lumbers through the story of twelve year old Yong, a boy who's forced to take on new responsibilities that he doesn't quite understand yet. Reading through it, I felt a little bit lost and disconnected from what was going on, which I'm willing to put down to Chua and Koh's skill at placing me in Yong's shoes.
The story feels a bit disjointed, a bit slow. I loved the characterisation, and I thought some of Yong's dream sequences were great at revealing the more youthful side of his character. Even with all his responsibilities and troubles Yong never quite felt like a twelve year old to me otherwise. The story feels real and magnificent, and the issues touched on are both dramatic and relevant, without dripping into either the melodrama or the bland comedy so otherwise prevalent in other Singaporean literature.
The story feels a bit disjointed, a bit slow. I loved the characterisation, and I thought some of Yong's dream sequences were great at revealing the more youthful side of his character. Even with all his responsibilities and troubles Yong never quite felt like a twelve year old to me otherwise. The story feels real and magnificent, and the issues touched on are both dramatic and relevant, without dripping into either the melodrama or the bland comedy so otherwise prevalent in other Singaporean literature.
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