Reviews - The God and the Gwisin

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The God and the Gwisin

Sophie Kim

4.34 AVERAGE

dingoesatemyromany's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

feelee's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is literally fantasy k-drama in a book! It’s my first time reading Sophie Kim’s work and I must say she’s an amazing storyteller. From the beginning to the end, the story is seeped in korean mythology/folklore—the setting, characters, EVERYTHING! What made me binged was the 🔪 mystery plot and not the romance plot surprisingly. You can easily guess the villain since there are only a handful of characters mentioned but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Also, I didn’t read book 1 but still rated this (book 2) 4 stars which says a lot🤪

The only thing you’re missing out on is that the character names and mythological creatures mentioned are in Hangul romanization. Example, baegopeun gwisin means hungry ghost but there’s no explanation to that so it’ll only be another foreign word to the reader who doesn’t know korean.