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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First book of 2025!! (Yeah...school got me good LOL.) Anyways, this book was pretty good- I'd say it was a solid 3.75/5 stars. It's a lot more slow-paced than what I'm used to, which made reading it a bit challenging at times. However, I think there's a beauty to slowing down and being intentional with reading, especially when reading the author's dedication and the whole premise of the novel being about finding rest and rekindling joy after burnout. (Quite applicable to my own life haha.) Anyways, this book does in fact make me wanna go to a pottery studio HAHA- not just for the end product, but for the shaping, molding, and beauty of the process that exposes ourselves along the way :)
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked this! It was warm and cosy, but not without some deeper moments and I loved how we got to see so much of the inner workings of the main character. It was really thoughtful and contemplative with some beautiful moments. I just felt like it wasn’t very gripping and enticing because it was quite slow and gentle, and so I struggled to pay attention sometimes. I also didn’t love it when we followed a different character for just one character - it felt sudden and out of place, and we never returned to that character so it was a bit odd. Enjoyed it overall though!
I really liked the descriptions of pottery and the process of making it — learning to work with the clay and the metaphors for other life journeys but some of the overall story felt a little clumsy. I don’t know if this was a result of the translation or if I missed something as a result of cultural nuance.
It was a sweet story and I did like it but I found myself wishing it had felt less choppy.
It was a sweet story and I did like it but I found myself wishing it had felt less choppy.
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If this is the first Korean book of this type you will love it, if it is not you have read this book as many time as you can count your reads. Well written, but tropey for me
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
gently moving, beautiful and personal — yeon somin has really bought together a poignant story with found family, hidden pain, the joy of healing and the art of moving forward with happiness <3