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A review by sebby_reads
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
3.0
This Man Booker Int'l Prize winner of 2016 is a total stunner! The story is about a woman who stopped eating meat out of the blue and became a vegetarian after she had a nightmare. From that, it escalated to the unfortunate issues with her family members. The story includes three parts–narrated by the protagonist's husband, her brother-in-law, and her sister. It was a great read!
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"Eat it! Listen to what your father's telling you and eat. Everything I say I for your own good. So why act like this if it makes you ill?"
"Drink it. This is your mother's wish. Even the dead get their wishes obeyed, but you'd ignore your own mother's?"
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Conversations like these are nothing new to most of the Asians, I guess. Just because you're the parents doesn't necessarily mean you are entitled to manipulate or meddle in your children's life even when they have reached certain age. You can decorate with all the pretty words and say it's for their own good or future but I detest when people try to guilt trip other and get their way.
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"Eat it! Listen to what your father's telling you and eat. Everything I say I for your own good. So why act like this if it makes you ill?"
"Drink it. This is your mother's wish. Even the dead get their wishes obeyed, but you'd ignore your own mother's?"
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Conversations like these are nothing new to most of the Asians, I guess. Just because you're the parents doesn't necessarily mean you are entitled to manipulate or meddle in your children's life even when they have reached certain age. You can decorate with all the pretty words and say it's for their own good or future but I detest when people try to guilt trip other and get their way.