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kcorione's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Mooi. Veel zinnen in de ik-vorm. Dat kan nogal stroef lezen.
De laatste hoofdstukken lazen nochtans super vlot.
Het boek staat zeker niet op de hoogste plaats om aan anderen aan te raden.
Als laatste puntje toch even aanhalen dat er veel Franse woorden gewisseld worden, zonder dat wij de Franse woorden kunnen meelezen. Vond ikzelf jammer, omdat het wel met Koreaanse woorden werd gedaan.
Vanaf Kerrand besluit terug te vertrekken naar Normandië, komt het verhaal netjes op z’n einde. Hij had haar al die tijd proberen tekenen!
De laatste hoofdstukken lazen nochtans super vlot.
Het boek staat zeker niet op de hoogste plaats om aan anderen aan te raden.
Als laatste puntje toch even aanhalen dat er veel Franse woorden gewisseld worden, zonder dat wij de Franse woorden kunnen meelezen. Vond ikzelf jammer, omdat het wel met Koreaanse woorden werd gedaan.
Content Warnings
Minor: Vomit and Eating disorder
madsw14's review
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Medical trauma, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, Animal death, and Medical content
Minor: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
ingridtanum's review
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Minor: Vomit
marissab's review
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, War, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Animal death
earth2kiki's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i’m so confused….
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Blood
mrsdalloway's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
Moderate: Vomit
katiemcgregor's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
<I>Winter in Sokcho</I> is a shockingly quick read. I picked it up and was finished within an hour and a half. The atmospheric writing sucked me in and I couldn't tear myself away from the words on the pages, which is amazing because not much of anything happens.
At it's essence <I>Winter in Sokcho</I> is a character study and exploration of people. This book is more about the feeling it portrays rather than any plot points or events unfolding in a traditional manner. In all honesty, I'm not sure I can describe what this book is about, but it made me feel.
At it's essence <I>Winter in Sokcho</I> is a character study and exploration of people. This book is more about the feeling it portrays rather than any plot points or events unfolding in a traditional manner. In all honesty, I'm not sure I can describe what this book is about, but it made me feel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming and Eating disorder
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Vomit and War
thereaderfriend's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Idk how to feel about this.. mainly because I’ve only read a few books with this style of writing. I think that it’s good because of the expression of the atmosphere and cultures of South Korea/Sokcho. I often felt I was there and that was very cool. It was also really intriguing to see the portrayal of women in South Korea with eating disorders. Also liked the portrayal of the emotional distances between the characters and the town. The way the author seemed to write matter of fact but leave areas to interpretation was really nice too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Vomit
blainereads's review
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This book accomplished something incredibly impressive in such a short amount of time so I have no choice but to round up and give it four stars. Though not much happens by way of the plot, the atmosphere created is so visceral, so immediate, the characters somehow so precisely carved out of sea stone and ink wells that their lives become immersive and inescapable—even in the absence of story and with prose as sparse as I've ever read.
I've never been to South Korea nor have I ever consumed any of the dishes described, and yet I was transported to the shores of Sokcho and felt the isolation and frigidness—both of temperature and temperament—in my bones. There were many moments that made me physically ill (the descriptions of eating and existing as the ugly, unrefined creatures that we are might keep you reeling) that I felt dubiously tethered to the character and her tight rope of sanity. It all leaves you feeling a bit dazed, really.
Content Warning: implicit descriptions of disordered eating
I've never been to South Korea nor have I ever consumed any of the dishes described, and yet I was transported to the shores of Sokcho and felt the isolation and frigidness—both of temperature and temperament—in my bones. There were many moments that made me physically ill (the descriptions of eating and existing as the ugly, unrefined creatures that we are might keep you reeling) that I felt dubiously tethered to the character and her tight rope of sanity. It all leaves you feeling a bit dazed, really.
Content Warning: implicit descriptions of disordered eating
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Animal death, and Vomit
sidneyreads_'s review
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Minor: Vomit, War, Death, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Body shaming