The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-sook Shin

The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness

Kyung-sook Shin with Ha-Yun Jung (Translator)

400 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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Homesick and alone, a teen-aged girl has just arrived in Seoul to work in a factory. Her family, still in the countryside, is too impoverished to keep sending her to school, so she works long, sun-less days on a stereo-assembly line, struggling th...

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Community Reviews Summary of 124 reviews

Moods

emotional 85%
reflective 85%
sad 60%
dark 45%
informative 35%
challenging 30%
inspiring 15%
tense 15%
hopeful 10%
mysterious 5%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 73% | A mix: 20% | Plot: 6%

Strong character development?

Yes: 68% | It's complicated: 18% | No: 6% | N/A: 6%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 56% | It's complicated: 18% | N/A: 18% | No: 6%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 41% | N/A: 33% | It's complicated: 16% | No: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 41% | Yes: 25% | No: 16% | N/A: 16%

Average rating

3.65

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