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ذات شتاء في سوكشو

Elisa Shua Dusapin, إليزا شوا دوسابان, ميرنا باسيل خليفة

3.56 AVERAGE

saraxuherondale's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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3 stars
Two awkward main characters go on excursions around ice cold Sokchou, while the French-Korean girl is trying to make the French guy, who chews paper in his free time, try her cooking. Honestly, not bad, but definitely not impressive. 
P. S.  Korean beauty standards should rot in hell, the normalization of plastic surgery is genuinely crazy. 

readingseasonally's review against another edition

4.0

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Decent. Intriguing little book set in Korean guest house. Good glimpses into cuisine, culture & relationships. Didn't completely wow me but enjoyable. Would like to read her next in the original French.

mohanyu's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

charirving's review against another edition

5.0

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Best atmospheric vibes in a book I’ve encountered in a long time. Made me want noodle soup. 

che11e's review against another edition

4.0

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3.75

marslovesbooks's review against another edition

3.25

dark reflective relaxing medium-paced

whatstreading's review against another edition

4.5

slow-paced

ryuuminate's review against another edition

3.5

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'How do you know when a story is done?'
Kerrand came closer to the desk.

'My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go.’ 

Winter in Sokcho is the kind of book that leaves you with more of a feeling than a hardened thought, its story unfolding through mundane routines and atmospheric subtleties. Its themes of identity and physicality (through body image, plastic surgery, and intimacy) emerge like a butterfly from a chrysalis, slow yet beautiful. 

You see how Kerrand shows more interest in his idea of Korea than the Sokcho our unnamed narrator has lived through, how he maintains a superficial relationship with her and leaves her scrambling for an inkling of his validation, a sign that he could see her for who she was, not just as a tourist guide that could fill the gaps in his knowledge of a foreign land, not just as a mythologized muse of his art.

And so, when she breaks free from that search, he leaves the guest house she works at, leaves Sokcho, goes back to France—Kerrand leaves behind a character who has gained a mind of her own, a girl whose world no longer revolves around him.

saragardinier's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

livia_von_gossler's review against another edition

3.75

reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes