Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung

5 reviews

httponyo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

For all the Westerners who still fantasize about the sweet and docile Asian woman like Miss Saigon , I'd say , "Wake up! Your Miss Saigon was dead and gone a long time ago. She's not here anymore." 

    I don't read much nonfiction books , preferring to receive my history from online articles or current stories . As an avid kpop and kdrama fan  , who's active on social media ,  I've always assumed myself to be midly aware of main core issues of South Korea . After all , it's impossible to interact with a space so intimately and not walk away with some knowledge,  right? I was wrong. So very , very wrong and to the women of South Korea I deeply apologize for my ignorance.   


  I've heard about the Burning Sun crimes and the station stabbing , but reading this book? Reading it after learning about all the pain that came before those horride crime  , about how hard South Korean women fought and continue to fight has been another reminder on the dangers of femicide and gender-based violence.  Misogyny is a danger and threat to us all , and the feminist movement of South Korea is a beautiful but harrowing example to us all. 

"If there's a book you want to read , but it hasn't been written yet , then you must write it.

   I took me 21 days to read this book. A lot of things in it were very triggering for me but I'm extremely glad I finished. Even when one understands intersectionality , it's important to continuously read stories from people outside of your based community.  I'm proud of South Korean women,  proud that they were able to use examples of women outside of SK as a foothold to what they seek to achieve . I hope they know women all across-the-board are rooting for them and their freedom. May we all see change in this lifetime.

     

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Rape, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Self harm, War, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Colonisation

butterymax's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

This should be required reading for anyone who is into hallyu. I have been a fan of kpop and other various Korean exports for years and didn't realize how much I didn't know until this book. Wow. I have a totally new perspective on the political and cultural landscape of the country. Amazingly informative. So hard to read at times. It took me about three weeks because I kept having to take breaks because of how difficult some of the content was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Incest

Minor: Stalking and Ableism

All the tagged content is handled sensitively, but it's still very hard to read! Take care.

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Reading this book was depressing and shocking. Felt like my home country was full of incels and  homophobes that ruled the nation. At this point, it’s harder to say whether South Korea or Texas/Florida is more oppressive. It also further confirmed to me the damage done by Japanese colonialism and US imperialism. Reading this book made me feel ashamed to call myself Korean. It also helped make a lot more sense of my childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Dysphoria, Incest, War, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Outing, Pedophilia, Rape, Dementia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Colonisation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Infertility

linguaphile412's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Incest, Transphobia, Murder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Dysphoria

reallycooper's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Incest, Misogyny, Stalking, Transphobia, Violence, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment and Abortion

Minor: Dysphoria