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A review by theeuphoriczat
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by Young-Ha Kim
3.0
I will be honest with you, I don't know what to rate this book. It is either a 1 star or 5 stars (Will settle on 3 stars). There is something so disgustingly enjoyable about this book. In a book that highlights suicide and death, it almost makes justifications and desirability of difficult situations.
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As someone who to some extent have a good knowledge of Korean popular cultures such as their food, music and dramas. The suicide rate in Korea is one of the highest in the world, so it was not surprising to read this book from the point of view of someone who encourages people to die.
As he said, he does not kill them himself, he does not necessarily put the knife in their hands, he almost wants us to believe that he gave these people courage in the last days of their lives.
Two themes take precedence in Judith, Evian, Mimi; desire and absurd fulfillment. He writes about his experience with these people, where he met them, how he vetted their desire and he helped them achieve their aim. He believes that life is not worth living and that he is doing a service to the world and the people he has helped but yet he has not helped himself.
I quote "There are two kinds of people. Those who can kill and those who can't. The second kind is worse. - People who can't kill can't ever truly love". He is the worse kind of person, he cannot love, he has in his own way been a thief, stealing his victim's hopes and dreams.
This book does not necessarily encourage murder or suicide as people seem to think. It just draws out morbid desires, imprisoned deep in the unconscious.
.
As someone who to some extent have a good knowledge of Korean popular cultures such as their food, music and dramas. The suicide rate in Korea is one of the highest in the world, so it was not surprising to read this book from the point of view of someone who encourages people to die.
As he said, he does not kill them himself, he does not necessarily put the knife in their hands, he almost wants us to believe that he gave these people courage in the last days of their lives.
Two themes take precedence in Judith, Evian, Mimi; desire and absurd fulfillment. He writes about his experience with these people, where he met them, how he vetted their desire and he helped them achieve their aim. He believes that life is not worth living and that he is doing a service to the world and the people he has helped but yet he has not helped himself.
I quote "There are two kinds of people. Those who can kill and those who can't. The second kind is worse. - People who can't kill can't ever truly love". He is the worse kind of person, he cannot love, he has in his own way been a thief, stealing his victim's hopes and dreams.
This book does not necessarily encourage murder or suicide as people seem to think. It just draws out morbid desires, imprisoned deep in the unconscious.