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If you enjoy real-world issues considered through the eyes of engaging fictional characters this is a must-read novel. It's a poignant, heartbreaking piece on the state the world currently finds herself in and I was deeply moved by Ribay's words and phraseology. Since Duterte took power in 2016 the so-called war on drugs has involved police and motorcycle-riding vigilantes shooting to kill people they think might be drug users or dealers, leaving families to grieve without any accountability for the death squads. The inability of Human Rights lawyers and United Nations to gain impartial information about these killings is emboldening the President further and he is now starting to use these tactics against political opponents. It seems the Philipines is slipping back in time to the days of dictator Ferdinand Marcos; it's hardly surprising given Duterte has frequently expressed his admiration of him and his political outlook.