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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
What was that ending, oh God??
For the majority of the book I thought that it's a quite astute commentary on capitalism and its effects on our humanity through the lense of someone not very self-aware. And then enter whatever that whole torture business is?
Noping very far away
For the majority of the book I thought that it's a quite astute commentary on capitalism and its effects on our humanity through the lense of someone not very self-aware. And then enter whatever that whole torture business is?
Noping very far away
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Most memorable passage - that one person likened himself while on a commuter subway to a piece of excrement zipping through the sewers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Torture
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
mysterious
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
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Such a promising premise, such a cold, empty, shallow, bitter, clumsy execution.
I love being able to add books to the sub sub genre of job-based horror, and I think this fits there better than it does in the sci-fi or fantasy genres, but I can't recommend it as a decent read within that categorization.
There are a number of fragments within chapters or sections of what is too messy to be either a series of connected short stories or a novel with an overarching plot, that attempt to say something about the soul-sucking, corrupting nature of the capitalist workforce and needless bureaucracy, and based on a few descriptions, I'd say it was also addressing flaws inherent to the particular work culture of Korea, but it never really did anything successful or prolonged enough for me to feel like the message got through versus I just spent way to much time with some ugly-acting people, just absolute dreck for co-workers.
Sure there are various attempts at telling stories high in body horror about those who might be considered the next evolution in humanity (think X-Men with less convenient mutations) or maybe mad scientist victims/experiments, but aside from being vaguely horrifying they're more an obstacle to this not particularly personable protagonist who hates - well, everything. The judging people by appearance, fatphobia in particular, is rampant, with a side order of eating disorders and substance abuse, and a dying old man who was a wretched coworker and then a body in a coma that the protagonist aids and then mandhandles/molests in an attempt at humour. Just yuck on so many levels.
I can't find any redeeming quality in the writing, in the plot, it didn't leave me wondering with interesting questions, or wrap things up particularly well.
It's disjointed and miserable, and bad, to a level I couldn't possibly blame solely on the translation to English.
I can't think of a single person I'd recommend it to, though I'm sure there are some poor bastards out there ready to praise it for being purposefully repellant or some such bunk.
No thank you.
⚠️body horror, fatphobia, suicide attempt, alcohol abuse, assault, suicide, sexism, ED, torture
I love being able to add books to the sub sub genre of job-based horror, and I think this fits there better than it does in the sci-fi or fantasy genres, but I can't recommend it as a decent read within that categorization.
There are a number of fragments within chapters or sections of what is too messy to be either a series of connected short stories or a novel with an overarching plot, that attempt to say something about the soul-sucking, corrupting nature of the capitalist workforce and needless bureaucracy, and based on a few descriptions, I'd say it was also addressing flaws inherent to the particular work culture of Korea, but it never really did anything successful or prolonged enough for me to feel like the message got through versus I just spent way to much time with some ugly-acting people, just absolute dreck for co-workers.
Sure there are various attempts at telling stories high in body horror about those who might be considered the next evolution in humanity (think X-Men with less convenient mutations) or maybe mad scientist victims/experiments, but aside from being vaguely horrifying they're more an obstacle to this not particularly personable protagonist who hates - well, everything. The judging people by appearance, fatphobia in particular, is rampant, with a side order of eating disorders and substance abuse, and a dying old man who was a wretched coworker and then a body in a coma that the protagonist aids and then mandhandles/molests in an attempt at humour. Just yuck on so many levels.
I can't find any redeeming quality in the writing, in the plot, it didn't leave me wondering with interesting questions, or wrap things up particularly well.
It's disjointed and miserable, and bad, to a level I couldn't possibly blame solely on the translation to English.
I can't think of a single person I'd recommend it to, though I'm sure there are some poor bastards out there ready to praise it for being purposefully repellant or some such bunk.
No thank you.
⚠️body horror, fatphobia, suicide attempt, alcohol abuse, assault, suicide, sexism, ED, torture
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
