sstarchyy 's review for:

Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin

4.5

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Since you were the only child who was free from poverty, all I wanted was for you to be free from everything. And with that freedom, you often showed me another world, so I wanted you to be even freer. I wanted you to be so free that you would live your life for other people.

While it took a while to understand the POV with each chapter it seemed like it contributed significantly to understanding the characters better by following the clues left behind by each perspective. 

An absolutely devastating read about grief and loss, about the role of a woman in family and society and about the ache that will always follow you when you remember your mother through the years as you see her age. 

Will probably think about this book a lot as I grow older and personally, it makes me wonder if I will ever be able to understand my mother’s relationship with her own mother as I navigate becoming an adult and being a daughter, trying to be a better daughter.