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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
fast-paced
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This was my first Bora Chung book and I LOVED it. This was a collection of ghost stories that were told within the guise of a larger story. It was so eerie without being gory. I loved how the stories all tied into each other and the spin that Chung put on traditional Korean horror/ghost stories. It was thought provoking with the larger themes in each story and I couldn’t put it down.
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Je m'attendais pas vraiment à ça en me lançant dans la lecture. Après avoir lu la quatrième de couverture, je pensais suivre un seul personnage qui découvrait les secrets du labo pendant sa ronde, mais au final c'était plus complexe et plus fragmenté que ça. Je m'attendais aussi à une écriture différente, moins épurée, plus poétique. J'ai quand même beaucoup apprécié le contexte et les histoires racontées, surtout par rapport aux thèmes que ça soulevait.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
An employee in a mysterious research institute discovers the different stories tied to the curious objects kept in laboratories and why so many employees before them do not work there anymore.
Where do I start? Each of these stories are touching, haunting and deeply upsetting. As always, Bora Chung captures the horrors of our current societies to transform them into disturbing (but very real) stories and criticize the late-stage capitalism we live in and its destructive effects.
From misogyny, to homophobia, to animal testing, each of these stories will touch you very profoundly, feeling the injustices in your bones.
Where do I start? Each of these stories are touching, haunting and deeply upsetting. As always, Bora Chung captures the horrors of our current societies to transform them into disturbing (but very real) stories and criticize the late-stage capitalism we live in and its destructive effects.
From misogyny, to homophobia, to animal testing, each of these stories will touch you very profoundly, feeling the injustices in your bones.
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes