Reviews

Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung

ilyones_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

buggirl48's review against another edition

5.0

Bora Chung has mastered the art of crafting these absurd, graphic stories that strip you down to your most basic emotions and you come back for more each time. A wild time with every story, Chung's follow-up to the impeccable Cursed Bunny solidifies her as a leading voice in genre-bending story collections. Fusing speculative fiction and experimental horror with tender and sometimes even laughable moments, this is one you read and it sticks with you for all the right reasons. So happy to see Anton Hur translating for her again as well, a duo to watch!

bookishmornings's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

riotgl's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.75

msbueno's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

jannythelibrarian's review against another edition

3.0

her first book was better and i don't like spec fic that much:
- immortality
- space story - zombies in space. my favourite 
- marriage - wife isn't who she says she is
- drugs - skimmed. drugs and hallucinations
- utopia - started and skipped bc confused
- elevator - smart AI elevator trying care for halmuni. tied for second fav with immortality story
- seed - tried and got bored
- last story that i skipped. got bored

pienwvs's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

juliasokol's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

oozesleaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

thereserose's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.5