As usual... too busy to flip through when I bought this book. At the end, it does not meet my personal expectation. First of all... although the title stated that it is a book about history of Malaysia and Singapore; I expect more coverage on the modern history of both countries. At the end, the author focuses more on the olden days from 2500 BC forward to 2008. Well, it was my mistake for not flipping through in the first place.
The ironic part... I ended up enjoy more on the earlier part of the history. Initially, I thought I would not. But, the attractive part of refreshing old memories is so nice. After all, those are the histories that I read in primary and secondary school. So, I lost in touch with those amazing facts for so long. On the other part... the modern history is too familiar and too new to me. So, I actually lost interest at the end of this book.
One good point about this book is the author did brilliantly with his thoughts and views. This is mostly due to the fact that the author had spent most of his life living and working in Singapore. Hence, from the perspective of history references, this book qualify as one of the best book for those who are unfamiliar with the history in Malay Peninsula.
For a full rating of 10, I am rating it at 5/10. This book is actually an excellent write up. However, it just does not fulfill my personal taste and the objective I expect to gain from reading this book.
