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lucyeanderson's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
this book was, while on an important subject matter, functionally an extended wikipedia article. i think it’s important that it focused on such an “everywoman” but i feel like the author took this too far in a sense. there was nothing significant about the story, as a woman everything she was going through felt very familiar. i’m glad the book was successful in korea and shedded light on the experiences of women in such a patriarchal society, but i was just really meh about it tbh. and the inclusion of her potential disassociative (? spelling) disorder at the beginning and end felt? unneccessary? and not very well fleshed out. also really did not enjoy the psychiatrists weird monologue at the end. it’s definitely a good book if you know nothing about the experiences of women under the patriarchy? but in this day and age? you’d really have to have been living under a rock. 3.25 at a push i’m afraid :(
livi77fly__'s review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
domicspinnwand's review against another edition
3.0
Nee, meins war's nicht so ganz. Mag daran gelegen haben, dass ich mit der Hörbuchsprecherin nicht so recht warm geworden bin - für mich hat sie die Geschichte "heruntergeleiert" und sehr emotionslos gelesen, fand ich jetzt nicht so doll. Auch mit den koreanischen Namen hatte ich so meine Probleme - ich wusste oft nicht, wer jetzt gerade wer ist, zu ungewohnt sind diese Namen. Die Geschichte selber war schon interessant, ich habe viel über die Benachteiligungen von Frauen in Korea erfahren, aber ich empfand die ganze Stimmung als eher düster, es hat mir nicht wirklich Spaß gemacht, dieses Buch zu lesen.
adelinemrt's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
ellamei18's review
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
lreadss's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.0
terrortwilight's review against another edition
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
aqeela's review against another edition
4.0
A 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4 stars read for me, despite feeling like some of the book got lost in translation, because it was interesting, a fairly quick read, and well-paced. I think it was partially the headspace I was in when I read it that made me enjoy it so much, but I can definitely say that I liked the book well enough and the reading experience overall.
carsonelainee's review against another edition
3.0
i’m not going to say i didn’t like this book, because i did, but it was a different sort of like. i definitely expected to like it more than i did because of how hyped it was, but regardless i did find that the book provided interesting insight into topics and issues that i was not previously educated on.
one of the blurbs for kim jiyoung, born 1982 proclaims it as “a ground-breaking work of feminist fiction” and i think that is dead on. this books main overarching narrative is the treatment of women vs. men in korean society. how women came in second place every time, no matter what. boys were preferred so strongly that women would abort their babies when they found out the gender was girl.
that sexism and misogyny carries into the adult lives of these women as they struggle in the workplace and their everyday lives.
this was not an action packed book, but it was knowledges packed. i feel like i learned a lot, which i feel like is all you can ask for.
one of the blurbs for kim jiyoung, born 1982 proclaims it as “a ground-breaking work of feminist fiction” and i think that is dead on. this books main overarching narrative is the treatment of women vs. men in korean society. how women came in second place every time, no matter what. boys were preferred so strongly that women would abort their babies when they found out the gender was girl.
that sexism and misogyny carries into the adult lives of these women as they struggle in the workplace and their everyday lives.
this was not an action packed book, but it was knowledges packed. i feel like i learned a lot, which i feel like is all you can ask for.