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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

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fifofi's review

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emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Ein wirklich wichtiges und informatives Buch, das Einblick in die stark patriachale und extrem konservative Gesellschaft Koreas gibt. Kein Wunder, dass das Buch so "kontrovers" ist. Kim Jiyoung repräsentiert das Schicksal vieler Frauen in und außerhalb Koreas. 

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sillyduckie's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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clementinedays_'s review

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challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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deadeye's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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katreads2022's review

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reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I will preface this by saying I read this book with no premonition of what it was actually about and I believe that is the best way to approach this book. For those who have not read it, I will just say that I highly recommend “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982”. For anyone. Spoilers ahead in the remainder of this review.

Detailing—in intriguing clinical fashion—the life of his patient Kim Jiyoung, the unnamed psychiatrist reflects on the roadblocks he had not faced being a man. I think every reader should reflect alongside him, examining the critical role of sex in society. What I think is particularly interesting about this novel is its treatment of the fundamental way in which sexism forcefully redirects the lives of women. There’s this unfounded perception that sexism is compacted in singular experiences: a rude catcall, an apprehensive glance, a snide remark. In reality, it occupies a women’s entire life, ever-present and all-encompassing. Jiyoung isn’t particularly unusual in any way: in fact, she is incredibly average. Her tendency to remain within the norm further illustrates the ingrained sexism in all societies, not just the corporate Korean world which she navigates in her midlife. I am certain everyone can detect the patterns of Jiyoung’s life among their female family and friends, even amongst themselves. The injustice which Jiyoung faces purely because of her sex is, tragically, universal.
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alexianovoa's review

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estoy MOLESTISIMA y estuve molestisima durante todo el libro. i hate men etc etc 
muy bueno pero queria mas de 2015 y lo que decia kim con las voces de las otroas mujeres pero bueno. no lo reeleria pero se lo daria a cada hombre que conozco 😆
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ahnminjim's review against another edition

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

4.75

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astap's review

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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bananaknife's review

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dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book was inspiring and maddening that this was the case not that long ago and still is the case now. Some things I had heard before, some I experienced to a degree, some I feared and still do fear. A great modern and alternative view on gender roles, portaging the rebellion of women through the ages and what that looked at felt like. And I found comfort in hearing things I felt and worried about felt by others in a different country, culture, and time. 
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