The story goes on with the three trying to uncover the mysteries that were tied to Mama Susan and her cult, and the story reaches its climax when Galo starts seeing foreign language texts written on his journal, which he claimed he did not write. He later realizes that two children – Niko and Jezel (the children of Mama Susan’s old maid) were responsible for these things. His grandmother is the leader of the religious group in their province, thus the presence of life-size statues of saints, which they regularly offer food to. He normally heared footsteps or experienced weird things happening in the statue filled house. In it he writes down his experiences in Mama Susan’s (also his grandmother) house in the province. This novel is written as journal entries by a teenager named “Galo”,who wrote it in informal Taglish, supposedly as a project for one of his professors. He’s well known for his comedy books like “Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino”, but I’d like to shed a little more light on his underrated horror novel dubbed “Ang mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan”. He creates such unique pieces that you can’t compare one of his books to another, and every piece he writes comes out as unpredictable and spontaneous as can be. Bob Ong is one of the most influential and best writers in the country.
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