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不做告别

Han Kang

4.09 AVERAGE

Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I found the book deeply unsatisfying and very irritating. I don’t like how it flips between characters’ perspectives, time periods, reality and fantasy, current and historical accounts… I constantly felt I was working too hard to make sense of what was going on at any given moment.  Either the book is too clever or I am too stupid but it didn’t work for me
challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I had a hard time connecting to the story and getting into this. But I’ll give it to her, it was very welll constructed for what it was. I had no idea what was happening most of the time. I just wonder if there was a better way to tell the story? I kind of felt like I was reading a report in pt 2 and it might have been more engaging without the framing of the friend and the ghost and the birds etc. couldn’t this have been focused on Inseon and her mother?
challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

harrowing, raw, heartbreaking, masterfully written, a complete tangle of dreams and nightmares and memories that at its core is about storytelling and friendships, trusting someone with your generational history and trauma. won't be forgetting this for some time !
dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional informative sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Complicated