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Once there was a boy named Charlie, who had a nice life – but it wasn’t quite perfect. He had to spend too much of his time doing things he didn’t want to do. So one day he packed up all his time in a suitcase, locked it up, and set off to find a better way to spend it. Charlie traveled the world looking for the perfect thing to make him happy. In the meantime, unbeknownst to him, his itsy-bitsy seconds and silky, smooth hours and raggedy days ticked away, so that when Charlie stopped traveling and realized what he truly wanted out of life, it was almost too late. Almost.

I believe there are two types of book in this world, type one is the one that I will read and forget; whilst another one is the type of book that I read and will stick forever in my mind. This book falls into the second type.

I was exposed to this book at Borders bookstore on my visit to KL when I was searching for a book in the Self Improvement/Self-Help section. This book presents itself to me as the cover of the book accidentally caught my sight. At first I was only fast-read the book and put it back to the shelf and ended up buying another book. But I couldn’t get myself to forget about the story and how the message of the story has really stick in my mind. I search for this book in Times Bookstore, which fall under the graphic novel section, and didn’t find it. Finally, I could bring this book home after searching for it under the Underground comic section on Kinokuniya bookstore.

Later when I look back to my journey in finding this book; to the self improvement, graphic novel then underground comic; I realize that this falls into every-described category. This book will tell you a story about life in Charlie’s point of view. After all, Charlie is like any ordinary human who always seem to seek for happiness in life and never get satisfied of whatever life gave him. Completed by beautiful illustration, you will feel like a child again being taught by a master of life, well about life. And in the end, you will realize that the best way to spend your time is by living and loving. Try to live in the here and now. Dreams are grand, but a life spent chasing can end up a life wasted.

This thin book is written by Daren Simkin, which consists of only 48 pages. But the message inside this book worth a lot more than the physical of the book. The way Daren pass through his message is by writing a very simple story and completed by beautiful illustration. The illustration is made by Daniel Simkin, brother of Daren and it’s beautifully entwined the story and illustration together into a subtle message of wisdom about life

I love this book so much that I would really love to buy several copies of the book and send it to those who were lost like I was once. But then again, I only get one copy and I could only suggest others to go find it and read it. You’ll never regret it!

Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆