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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
This book does a terrific job at showing just how difficult it is to remain angry or hate your parents. Your feelings will always remain inferior to the struggles our parents went through for us. From putting their lives on hold and letting us eat away at their resources.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unsurprisingly, this book was incredibly sad. Its depiction of the discarding of "mom" was both heartbreaking and realistic. As the characters come to terms with their own faults in relief of the disappearance of their mother, I think, a lot of us can see ourselves in their thoughts. It's easy to feel bad for the mother, but can we own up to how we treat the people who sacrifice so much for us. It almost felt like the least realistic thing in this story was the honesty with which the characters could eventually handle their own history. I don't think most of us have that level of self awareness, even in such a situation.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Tell your mom you love her.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sometimes you read a book that cuts just a little too close to home.
I can't say that I liked the book (I was left hollow, bawling my eyes out) but it is very well done. 4 for quality, 2 for enjoyment. I'll call it 3/5.
I knew I was basically setting myself up when I picked this book. It's not my preferred genre, and I've only rarely found a sad book that I liked. Still, this examination of motherhood and growing up hits all of the right (wrong?) notes. We spend so much of our lives busy, unable or unwilling to appreciate what life has given us. This is a book that challenges the reader to reflect, and look outward.
The translation work appears to be solid, but there are some key linguistic quirks that I know wouldn't have translated properly from Korean (the fact that modern English only possesses one second-person pronoun is the most obvious hinderence). Still, for all of that, the style of the book did make more sense when I reached the last chapter.
I don't strictly know if I can recommend it, because it's a book that inevitably comes with pain, but if you like that kind of thing, or are willing to open yourself up to that, be my guest.
Unfortunately, the people who will get the most out of this novel are the ones for whom it hits too close, and for those who have been spared that sort of life experience, it will simply seem odd.
I can't say that I liked the book (I was left hollow, bawling my eyes out) but it is very well done. 4 for quality, 2 for enjoyment. I'll call it 3/5.
I knew I was basically setting myself up when I picked this book. It's not my preferred genre, and I've only rarely found a sad book that I liked. Still, this examination of motherhood and growing up hits all of the right (wrong?) notes. We spend so much of our lives busy, unable or unwilling to appreciate what life has given us. This is a book that challenges the reader to reflect, and look outward.
The translation work appears to be solid, but there are some key linguistic quirks that I know wouldn't have translated properly from Korean (the fact that modern English only possesses one second-person pronoun is the most obvious hinderence). Still, for all of that, the style of the book did make more sense when I reached the last chapter.
I don't strictly know if I can recommend it, because it's a book that inevitably comes with pain, but if you like that kind of thing, or are willing to open yourself up to that, be my guest.
Unfortunately, the people who will get the most out of this novel are the ones for whom it hits too close, and for those who have been spared that sort of life experience, it will simply seem odd.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
beautiful, moving, heart-breaking but in a way that your heart should break. it seems to me that this is a letter from one generation to another and perhaps surmises all of the trauma those generations experienced and felt between each other. there was so much unknown and unsaid. i hope that Mother really did become a bird.
This book was so sad I cannot read it in one sitting.
It was so heart breaking, I'd never read it again.
It is now, one of my favorite stories ever.
The messages it convey are things that we oversee everyday. It reminds us of what is really important in life. I am so incredibly grateful for having found this book.
It was so heart breaking, I'd never read it again.
It is now, one of my favorite stories ever.
The messages it convey are things that we oversee everyday. It reminds us of what is really important in life. I am so incredibly grateful for having found this book.