The Best of Times?

The Best of Times?

     This book was first published by Alan Maley in 2009, and it became the winner of Language Learner Literature Award. Its genre is Human Interest, and the theme is Love and Life. The main character is Chee Seng who is 16-year-old Malaysian boy. around him, there are his mother, father and great friends such as Dev, Faisal and Ka Choon. Puri is the maid and she always makes great cook. Auntie Swee Eng is Chee Seng's kind elderly relative, and her stories make Chee Seng think a lot about life. Ka Ting is a rich classmate of Chee Seng, and Jessica is Chee Seng's girl friend.
     This story starts weirdly. Chee Seng is in the hospital and the story seems really sad, but from the next chapter, I could not stop reading because it is too interesting. Just after his birthday, his happy life has changed. His father left the house with another woman, and just before that, Chee Seng saw his father was sleeping with the woman. After his father's leaving, his mother gets crazy, and complains about everything about him, but Auntie Swee Eng always supports him, and tell about a lot of stories. At school, his friends told everyone about Chee Seng's problems, and he became alone at school. Then he meet Ka Ting who he has not talked before. Ka Ting invites him for the party and tells Jessica likes Chee Seng. They became couple, and make some plan to leave the town together otherwise Jessica will have to leave to Australia. The nignt they curry out the plan, they are at Ka Ting's party, and like always Ka Ting gives people Pills which make people feel better. Chee Seng does not take it but Jessica does, and gets crazy. She dances closely with another guy and get into the pool with topless with others. Then the police come. oh!!! Will they be able to escape from the town? Will his father come back? What will happen at the End...... Gosh I canot tell you....


This book was really interesting! I canot believe how fast I finished reading it. I recommend you to read this because the feeling the main charactor Chee Seng has is similar to us, I guess. Life is unexpected, and no one knows it. From the story, I learned everything depends on your feeling in your life. From the story, you can learn how difficult life is. At the end, it seems great ending:)