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不做告别

Han Kang

4.09 AVERAGE

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark informative reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Beautiful language. Does require focus and attention. I always appreciate learning history I was not aware of. This is a very sad but artfully told rendering of genocide. 

It aas weird and hard for me to understand what parts were real and what parts weren’t. I’m sure there was a purpose to not telling this in a straightforward manner, but as someone who is new to the events in the novel, it was a little difficult. That said, wow did i rabbit-hole on the massacres, Jeju, and the political context of the time. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional informative sad slow-paced
challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
dark mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad