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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
Actual 4,5☆
Suka ceritanya dan tokoh-tokohnya tapi gak suka scene pembantaian.
Suka ceritanya dan tokoh-tokohnya tapi gak suka scene pembantaian.
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
2022 Reading Challenge #47: Based on a Real Person
2022 Goodreads Challenge #21/20
For this prompt of the challenge, I was planning on reading a biography of someone or a memoir perhaps, but then I saw June's book sitting on my shelf and thought "oh yeah, you're getting read" and the book turned out to be based on Prince Sado of Korean history, so here we are.
I was between 4 and 5 stars for this book. It was June's first time writing romance into her murder mysteries and the romance came off as heavily k-drama inspired (not that I'm complaining, we know I love my k-dramas). This novel I think was also the fastest that I've solved one of June's mysteries, to be honest. Not that it wasn't done well; rather, I think I just love her books so much that I've started to understand her formulas of creating a murderer lol
The murders were wrapped around the rumors of the Crown Prince's outbursts of anger and that he was the culprit for the crimes. Palace nurse Hyeon is wrapped into this massacre on her own terms. I think that we spent a lot of time trying to debunk these rumors, as no one wants their Crown Prince to be a guilty convict, but for some reason I wish we had more time spent with the prince in the novel. I think we had more than our fair share (especially after a certain scene, iykyk) 100%, but I don't know. For the novel being based on him, I guess I really just wanted to break into his brain and explore his tragic past. Fortunately, that is why June left us many references in her Author's Note to research on our own, so maybe once I do a little research on him myself, I'll have that feeling resolved :)
Overall, I'm extremely excited for her next book to come out. YES, I still have to wait a year. Heavy thumbs down. BUT I've been following her since FoSG, so I am anticipating the next read to be even better. For now, I'll settle on 4.8/5 stars for Red Palace.
2022 Goodreads Challenge #21/20
For this prompt of the challenge, I was planning on reading a biography of someone or a memoir perhaps, but then I saw June's book sitting on my shelf and thought "oh yeah, you're getting read" and the book turned out to be based on Prince Sado of Korean history, so here we are.
I was between 4 and 5 stars for this book. It was June's first time writing romance into her murder mysteries and the romance came off as heavily k-drama inspired (not that I'm complaining, we know I love my k-dramas). This novel I think was also the fastest that I've solved one of June's mysteries, to be honest. Not that it wasn't done well; rather, I think I just love her books so much that I've started to understand her formulas of creating a murderer lol
The murders were wrapped around the rumors of the Crown Prince's outbursts of anger and that he was the culprit for the crimes. Palace nurse Hyeon is wrapped into this massacre on her own terms. I think that we spent a lot of time trying to debunk these rumors, as no one wants their Crown Prince to be a guilty convict, but for some reason I wish we had more time spent with the prince in the novel. I think we had more than our fair share (especially after a certain scene, iykyk) 100%, but I don't know. For the novel being based on him, I guess I really just wanted to break into his brain and explore his tragic past. Fortunately, that is why June left us many references in her Author's Note to research on our own, so maybe once I do a little research on him myself, I'll have that feeling resolved :)
Overall, I'm extremely excited for her next book to come out. YES, I still have to wait a year. Heavy thumbs down. BUT I've been following her since FoSG, so I am anticipating the next read to be even better. For now, I'll settle on 4.8/5 stars for Red Palace.
Korean culture meets murder mystery. I absolutely loved it. It even featured a romance I didn’t hate and an ending I loved. Such a good read!
I simply can not give it more than 3 or 3.5 .
Maybe I am the problem, but I was promised to have a kdrama vibes but you know what kdramas have ? Emotions, people, EMOTIONS.
I can't deny how dry the relationship between hyeon and eojin was, I didn't like hyeon at all and wasn't an interesting character for me just a stubborn girl that's it, yet she was cold and it feels like I am reading a crime documents.
I have to say I get surprised by the end of the book but get so confused about the crown prince, like what happened? I am supposed to read Prince Sado life story to know what he did and how his life goes by ? And if the book was inspired by him, he has like 2 or 3 scene the whole book?
I have high expectations for this one yet I am so sad, I have been watching kdramas since middle school and I enjoy its world and stories so the titles and traditions wasn't new for me at all but I notice that the author was so busy describing the formal life and etiquettes more than make the readers want to continue reading with balance of the story and the educational subtext.
The end was rushed, The most important scene I was waiting for with the king was just 2 sentence? You are kidding me.
I like the author herself and I will absolutely read her other books and I am waiting for her next one. But I hope they are better than this one.
Maybe I am the problem, but I was promised to have a kdrama vibes but you know what kdramas have ? Emotions, people, EMOTIONS.
I can't deny how dry the relationship between hyeon and eojin was, I didn't like hyeon at all and wasn't an interesting character for me just a stubborn girl that's it, yet she was cold and it feels like I am reading a crime documents.
I have to say I get surprised by the end of the book but get so confused about the crown prince, like what happened? I am supposed to read Prince Sado life story to know what he did and how his life goes by ? And if the book was inspired by him, he has like 2 or 3 scene the whole book?
I have high expectations for this one yet I am so sad, I have been watching kdramas since middle school and I enjoy its world and stories so the titles and traditions wasn't new for me at all but I notice that the author was so busy describing the formal life and etiquettes more than make the readers want to continue reading with balance of the story and the educational subtext.
The end was rushed, The most important scene I was waiting for with the king was just 2 sentence? You are kidding me.
I like the author herself and I will absolutely read her other books and I am waiting for her next one. But I hope they are better than this one.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I rounded up on this as i couldn’t decide what rating. This YA novel is part mystery, romance, adventure and thriller. It is violent so be prepared. The main character is a strong female and the author does a great job exploring her in er struggle. The story is good although I found the book to be over-written at times.