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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A very heavy, very hard, very harrowing read. Beautifully written, and I love the way the characters are all connected throughout.
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The many different perspectives really carry this book while the central theme of the story, the boy Dong-ho, unites them all. This was a difficult read, especially as someone who knew little of this massacre before reading this book, but I really enjoyed it.
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Until the very end I was comforting myself by hoping none of it was true but even more gruesome than the stories is perhaps the fact they're all true and happened not only in South Korea but also in other countries, anyways let's hope no pig dictator ever rules any country.
Honestly I will be brutal to Japanese lit, it's improper and childish and pale compared to Korean lit, this is no favoritism, but every Korean book I've stumbled upon had a deeper message and was heavy but evidence to the events that have happened, when I think about the Japanese ones...they're not only immature but also lack creativity and generational trauma and heartbreak that makes historical books actually meaningful and not redundant!
Content warning: there's so many from hate speech to body horror to torture and rape, if you get triggered by these don't come near Human Acts.
Honestly I will be brutal to Japanese lit, it's improper and childish and pale compared to Korean lit, this is no favoritism, but every Korean book I've stumbled upon had a deeper message and was heavy but evidence to the events that have happened, when I think about the Japanese ones...they're not only immature but also lack creativity and generational trauma and heartbreak that makes historical books actually meaningful and not redundant!
Content warning: there's so many from hate speech to body horror to torture and rape, if you get triggered by these don't come near Human Acts.