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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
This book was a quick but traumatising and sad read. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t recommend it. Quite the opposite actually it was a very pleasant read and I wouldn’t know how to explain it to anyone. Very well written and thought provoking. I’d highly recommend it.
This is not a horror book. In my opinion, it's more in the literary fiction side. But it does have some eerie and creepy elements. It has real life situations that could go wrong and turn in to something terrified and horror. For me personally, real life horror works more than the supernatural one so this book was interesting. This book was very small like a novella but the whole book was rich in symbolism and literal meaning of life and death. I could feel the pain of the main character.
This is compared to misery because of one aspect of the story. But the story itself is very different. And it made me think how life can turn completely wrong and out of our hands within a moment. This was nicely done and I really liked the overall meaning it was trying to provide.
This is compared to misery because of one aspect of the story. But the story itself is very different. And it made me think how life can turn completely wrong and out of our hands within a moment. This was nicely done and I really liked the overall meaning it was trying to provide.
I put this in my unhinged women shelf because that woman had a plan and she worked hard to execute it
This book was disturbing but not in an interesting way. It mostly just made me sad about the treatment of Oghi even though I didn’t even like him that much. The suspense was sorely lacking and I was just itching for the whole thing to be over and done with.
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very veryyyyy slow pace which makes the story a bit boring and I found the ending quite disappointing.
The summary on the back cover spoils almost 2/3rd of the book, not really a good idea...
Difficult to believe that some critics compare it to Stephen King or Hitchcock's works because those are way more interesting.
The summary on the back cover spoils almost 2/3rd of the book, not really a good idea...
Difficult to believe that some critics compare it to Stephen King or Hitchcock's works because those are way more interesting.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Honestly don’t know how I feel about this book. It was cool to recognize some of the places and cities the characters referenced having lived in Korea for 4 months.
I read the novel but I don’t think I really — got — it. I think the issue is it being a translation. I technically understand everything that happened in it but reading it was uneventful for me. The short novel just passed me by. I’ll probably forget it in the next month.
I will say that the descriptions of nature (nature as obsessive, threatening, primal) reminded me of Han Kang’s the Vegetarian.
I read the novel but I don’t think I really — got — it. I think the issue is it being a translation. I technically understand everything that happened in it but reading it was uneventful for me. The short novel just passed me by. I’ll probably forget it in the next month.
I will say that the descriptions of nature (nature as obsessive, threatening, primal) reminded me of Han Kang’s the Vegetarian.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes