Reviews

The White Book by Han Kang

aroadtofollow's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

asellers's review

medium-paced

5.0

repobi's review against another edition

5.0

I believe that no better words of parting can be found. Don't die. Live


Singkat, padat, dan ngena. Hanya itu yang bisa saya katakan untuk The White Book yang berisi sekitar 60 fragmen mengenai benda-benda berwarna putih. Mulai dari kain bedong, kabut, salju, sampai ke adonan kue beras. Melalui mereka, Han Kang mengenang kembali kakaknya yang lahir prematur lalu meninggal dua jam setelah dilahirkan. Sesuai dengan premis, buku ini kental dengan kedukaan, kehilangan, dan kematian.

Saya bukan orang yang suka menangis ketika membaca buku, tapi prosa-prosa pas bagian di dapur itu astaga...

isarom's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

anabeatrizz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

megsk's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

this is just a collection of my favourite quotes :D

Each moment is a leap forwards from the brink of an invisible cliff [...] Now in this moment, I feel that vertiginous thrill course through me. As I step recklessly into time I have not yet lived, into this book I have not yet written.

[...] the fact that our lives are no more than brief instants is felt with unequivocal clarity. 
Each wave becomes dazzlingly white at the momentof its shattering. Further out, the tranquil body of water flashes like the scales of an innumerable fish. The gilittering of multitudes is there. The shifting, stirring, tossing of multitudes. Nothing is eternal.

Sand
And she frequently forgot,
That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand.
That it had shattered and is shattering still.
Slipping stubbornly through fingers.

My life means yours is impossible.
Only in the gap between darkness and light, only in that blue-tinged breach, do we manage to make out each other's faces.

amebco's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

bamgyu's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

5.0

linreadssometimes's review

emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

joanamproh's review

2.0

Even though I liked the part 3 of the book I unfortunatelly didn't understand it. It feels as poetry to me, topic that I'm not interested in usually. I felt beauty in some parts but overall I got lost.