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A review by sharonleavy
The Last Exiles by Ann Shin
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.25
Set in North Korea, this is the story of Suja, a newspaper photographer, and Jin Lee, her boyfriend, also known as "The Cornmeal Culprit".
Jin Lee was sent to Yodok Prison Camp for stealing cornmeal that had been confiscated from his family & other families during an official raid. While Jin Lee's family are forced to withdraw any support for him, Suja refuses to give up on him.
This was okay, but it definitely wasn't the book I thought it was going to be. I felt that it jumped quite far ahead in one particular part and it kind of lost me a bit after that. But an interesting read all the same, if only for the characters' realisation that all may not be what it seems when it comes to their leadership.
It's worrying when you compare something like this with the way the current crisis has been reported from North Korea. It's evident that things are never what they seem and it's very hard to think of the way it's affecting the people behind the walls.
It's worrying when you compare something like this with the way the current crisis has been reported from North Korea. It's evident that things are never what they seem and it's very hard to think of the way it's affecting the people behind the walls.