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3.79 AVERAGE
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
relaxing
slow-paced
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Character
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Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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lighthearted
relaxing
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
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A beautiful kdrama in pages and not on screen.
After decades of watching kdramas.. this books feels so close to some of my most favs all together in one book.
Heartwarming story of finding your tribe, tribe who allows you to be you, not forcing you to heal faster rather hold your hand when you take your time to get back on your feet.. slowly.. stumbling but not Alone Surely.
And yes by the end i had this wide grin as i could her smile for what all she has achieved.. Healing, Happiness and Hope.❤️❤️❤️
After decades of watching kdramas.. this books feels so close to some of my most favs all together in one book.
Heartwarming story of finding your tribe, tribe who allows you to be you, not forcing you to heal faster rather hold your hand when you take your time to get back on your feet.. slowly.. stumbling but not Alone Surely.
And yes by the end i had this wide grin as i could her smile for what all she has achieved.. Healing, Happiness and Hope.❤️❤️❤️
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-paced
‘Firing pottery is like lighting a fire in your heart.”
Author Yeon Somin seems to have drawn on her own background in television broadcasting and pottery in her second novel, The Healing Season of Pottery, another of the popular Korean cozy contemporary novels that have been translated into English recently.
When news writer Jungmin is betrayed by her boss at work, she walks out on her job and spends almost a year holed up in her one bedroom flat in Chestnut Burr Village, just on the edge of Seoul. The first time Jungmin ventures further than the complex’s grocery market she stumbles into a pottery workshop, mistaking it for a cafe. Despite her error the store’s proprietor offers Jungmin an iced coffee and insists she return to learn to make the cups Jungmin admired.
This is a lovely, uplifting novel of a woman who finds healing after an emotional breakdown when she is invited to join a pottery workshop. Drawing on the lessons she learns as a novice potter, Jungmin reflects on her experiences, attitudes and expectations of herself, and others, with a slowly changing perspective.
Among the community of potters at Soyo Jungmin finds acceptance, encouragement and support. I liked the dynamic of the group, but though we learn a little about each of them, the supporting characters mostly remain in the background, even owner Johsee, and fellow potter Gisik, who sparks the romantic interest of Jungmin.
There’s a little drama in the novel when Jungmin is confronted with a spectre from her past at the workshop. I thought this was a good addition to the story that allowed the author to organically explain where Jungmin’s issues began.
There is, of course, a cat, a stray that Jungmin reluctantly offers a temporary home only to find she can’t give it up. Cats seem to be a compulsory element in this genre of novels, not that I mind, I’m a cat person myself.
Though the novel is focused on Jungmin’s healing journey, there is some commentary on aspects of Korean society particularly with regards to the lack of work/life balance, attitudes to art as a career, and the scourge of domestic violence. I really like that Somin uses some Korean in the text, which is easily translated using context.
A gently paced story, The Healing Season of Pottery is a novel that highlights the importance of connection and creativity to live a full life.
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
very similar to Hyungnam-dong bookshop in many ways; all I want is to be adopted by a little pottery shop at my lowest while living in a cute little neighborhood, though I could have done without the romance side plot
A gentle, moving story-- but unfortunately for me, I had trouble with all the Korean names and honorifics.