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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
I found it to be a directionless book that ultimately leads to nothing.
I understand the perspectives of all the female characters and the why of their situations in a society like South Korea, but in itself, the whole book is a mere recapitulation of events portraying one situation after another in which its central characters are involved, but it leaves it all up in the air and ends as it began, with no head or tail.
I understand the perspectives of all the female characters and the why of their situations in a society like South Korea, but in itself, the whole book is a mere recapitulation of events portraying one situation after another in which its central characters are involved, but it leaves it all up in the air and ends as it began, with no head or tail.
I'm just not sure this book was for me. The concept really interested me but it wasn't the book I thought it was going to be. I struggled through the first few chapters as the narrative seemed to jump around quite a bit and then I started to get into it as there were some storylines that interested me and I started to get more into the characters but it still in a lot of ways felt like I was waiting for it to get going and turn into the book I was expecting and instead it just ended when it felt like there was a lot more to the story.
content warnings: body shaming, miscarriage, misogyny, suicide, alcoholism, pregnancy, child abuse, sexism, infidelity, emotional abuse, physical abuse
3.5
Someone said this was a Korean gossip girl and I fully agree lol
Someone said this was a Korean gossip girl and I fully agree lol
dark
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed the look at Korean culture, particularly in terms of female beauty standards, that this book gave. It doesn't focus on just one experience but rather shows various perspectives which I thought was great. I learned a lot and felt a lot while reading this. In a lot of ways this could have been a five star read but the writing just didn't quite do it for me. This author is originally a journalist and sometimes the writing style felt a bit removed from the emotions of the story in the way that a lot of news stories often do.
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
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
3.75 stars
"I have always thought of hope as a natural folly of youth that should be discarded as soon as possible."
I support women rights, and I support women wrongs (to an extent). Character driven (the characters were the plot), very eye opening, and very disturbing, the fact that this is a reality Korean women are living every day. The writing was really easy to get into, I was sucked in from the first chapter, and the characters were extremely realistic, and quite well done (my favorite was Kyuri). Overall, a very eye opening read, it will definitely stay with me.
"I have always thought of hope as a natural folly of youth that should be discarded as soon as possible."
I support women rights, and I support women wrongs (to an extent). Character driven (the characters were the plot), very eye opening, and very disturbing, the fact that this is a reality Korean women are living every day. The writing was really easy to get into, I was sucked in from the first chapter, and the characters were extremely realistic, and quite well done (my favorite was Kyuri). Overall, a very eye opening read, it will definitely stay with me.
