Reviews

The Underground Village by Kang Kyeong-ae

eviemaddaloni's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

cmm3's review

dark emotional reflective

klarachaber's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

kylaoren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

caitsidhe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

good collection

nicetsukki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

chaoticbookgremlin's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

snivets's review

4.0

Shocking, horrific, graphic, and stunning. These stories each and all caused my body to physically tense, my fists to ball up, and I caught myself holding my breath too. This is some of the bleakest content I've ever encountered, and the language (and translation) is masterful in conveying a beauty and raw humanity even alongside the socialist realist obligation to depict capitalist greed as the root of all evils. I'll also echo the idea that these are disturbingly prescient - I bet stuff like this is happening now, on our planet, and could happen in our backyard given a few situational changes.

Hard to figure out who to recommend this to, but man if you're up for it, I think it's really good.

dianahincureads's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

jaclyn_sixminutesforme's review

3.0

3.5