bran's profile picture

bran 's review for:

I Hear Your Voice by Young-Ha Kim
3.0

This is the first Young-Ha Kim book I've read. It certainly has a staggering amount of violence, and mistreatment of women in it throughout.

It also seems to be quite the non-linear piece, with the exception of the chronology of Donggyu's and Jae's lives, and how they occasionally intertwine. However, there's a lot that kept me reading: the family rifts, the unapologetic dialogue with every character, the lack of hand-holding in describing Korean neighbourhoods / provinces, the drifts and connections with friends, and the unrelenting violences of life.