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Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung

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seethinglloron's review

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funny informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Bora Chung, talk your shit fr. This is an incredible anthology, no misses.

kerriboland's review

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dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm reading two sci-fi books of short stories right now (this and "How Long 'til Black Future Month") and neither are exactly what I'm looking for. I found some of the stories in here so captivating. Seed? Amazing. The End of the Voyage? So creepy. But Your Utopia didn't do it for me at all. A Song for Sleep started so slowly that I almost skipped the whole story.

That said, I'm happy I read some Korean sci-fi short stories. It is a genre that I may never read again, but I've done it once!

angelajuniper's review

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

nabilzo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

The book consists of a couple short stories which meant to transport you the dystopian world, but as I got to the end of the book, I can only think that we're already living in one. The stories are a mix, sometimes it's mysterious, funny, sad, and some are heavily reflective. The translated version is still a bit lacking in terms of translating some korean phases but otherwise it's fine.

rreebbeeccaa's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

randashmanda's review

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4.25

I’m so surprised to see people enjoying this less than Cursed Bunny! IMO these are incredibly solid sci-fi stories featuring super intelligent POVs with astounding depth. I was especially affected by the latter half starting with its title story.