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The Vegetarian

Han Kang

3.62 AVERAGE

rebeccathx's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nyah_ellexa's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really enjoyed reading this book. This was my first introduction to Korean literary fiction, and I must say it’s a hard one to beat. I just wish I was more experienced with literary fiction to fully understand the nuance in this book. I feel as though I had missed some key details hidden within the story telling, and so I will continue to look into some deep dives on this book for a while. I will hopefully report back once I can confidently say I fully understood this book.

ckwoff's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark sad slow-paced

cloud9999's review against another edition

3.0

— 3 stars ✰

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maycc774's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hughesbailey's review against another edition

1.0

I wanted to hear the main character Yeong-hye's perspective during this book. It's hard to watch the challenges that a person is going through so intimately through the viewpoints of others. The book was about the narrating characters grappling with their feelings and pasts while tormenting Yeong-hye