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Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder
This is the character discovery of Yeong-Hye from the eyes of other people as she unravels in front of them. How each one of them see her as an inconvenience, as an object of desire, as an artpiece, as a responsibility, as a victim. As parts ot Yeong-Hye are opened up infront of me, I felt more and more uncomfortable and stunned by what she has endured and as you realise that at some point something inside her broke and she stopped enduring. She suffered and tried to not suffer, but having no control of her life, she couldn't escape suffering for a long time. You realise that although she spoke little, when she did, she clearly communicated what she needed, but those words weren't heard.
The understanding of the characters of the narrators is also constantly being discovered as you read chapters in their voices and also see the others from their eyes.
I think this book has tried to say so much about the society, about the insides of people's minds, about traumas and sufferings of long ago that stay with us, about the sheer impossibility of understanding what exactly is going on inside someone else.
Flashes of this story are going to keep coming to me for a long time.
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
This book was challenging to read. Lots of heavy themes and darker tones.
The main theme for me was autonomy; is it truly ours or do we have to make decisions still thinking of how it'll affect those around us?
The physical and bodily violence is not as horrendous as the violence that goes on within our mind. Most of which are self-inflicted, which is that much sadder to admit out loud.
Watching Yeong-hye's descend into madness through the eyes of those around her was fascinating, liberating, yet heartbreaking all at the same time. The last part told from her older sister's POV, In-hye, was the most difficult to read. Overall, this was an amazing experience, but it's not a book for everyone.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail