Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

15 reviews

anh_read's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Outing, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Fatphobia, Stalking, and Infidelity

ankbert's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.75

A mix of lightheartedness and beautifully written emotions. I liked how it quickly switched the mood through just a few lines and it made me feel and reflect. I would love to see this as a movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Homophobia

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Medical trauma

marianaribeiro's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

felicityj's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

noahsingh's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Fatphobia, and Cancer

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

raitherabbit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read this hoping it would be a romance— it was and wasn’t. Dang Young Park and Anton Hur have such a way with words that I felt every single smidge of emotion in those pages. It felt almost invasive, reading about someone’s life like that. 

I didn’t expect for there to be so much packed in such a small package. 200 pages went by too quickly. I felt that a complete stranger could understand what I was feeling. 

The poetry of the writing cannot go unnoticed. Reading the last few chapters and watching them unfold was heart wrenching. That last paragraph will be something stuck in the back of my mind for the foreseeable future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

sydneybedell's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

cheye13's review against another edition

funny hopeful medium-paced

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

2.0

I can appreciate that this book needed to be written, and I appreciate translations for broadening readers' scope of the world, but it remains that this is a book primarily written for Korean readers. As a translation to English, I wish it was a little more than a stream-of-consciousness, (mostly) low-stakes, fictional memoir. My favorite thing about this book is that Koreans can read a story like this in their native language. Americans (me), on the other hand, have plenty of these.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, and Abortion

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Sexual content

minor: experience being HIV positive

annagerman's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was interesting, unfortunetly it just wasn't for me 😑 
The characters were well-written and authentic. 
The MC's uniqeu voice was definitely the best part of the book, he's flawed, rude and self-absorbed, but also likeable and touching, I couldn't help but root for him.
I really loved the relationships in this book, they were so complex and realistic.
Also I love the depictions of the big city, its energy and presence.

However, the structure and the pacing felt off. It was like a collections of short stories about the same character, but the timelines and emotions didn't always aligne.
I actually had a time getting back into the story after putting the book down, it took me a while to get though it even though it's so short.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Mental illness, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Cancer