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A review by belle_fiction
Kong's Garden by Hwang Jungeun
3.0
3.5 stars
For such a short story, I quite enjoyed this. A stark and quite bleak portrayal of modern city life and a critique on zero hour working. The narrator seemed pretty passive throughout despite having some strong thoughts on certain issues and the missing girl scenario could have been explored a bit further imo; however, I do understand and appreciate that this is very ‘typical’ or urban living.
I’m not too sure why the story was called ‘Kong’s Garden’ as Kong had very little to do with the story :/ I also wasn’t the biggest fan of the ending which was far too abrupt for me…it kind of read like the author didn’t really have an ending in mind and so decided to stop it wherever they liked, although that final line gave me chills.
Overall a thought-provoking read.
For such a short story, I quite enjoyed this. A stark and quite bleak portrayal of modern city life and a critique on zero hour working. The narrator seemed pretty passive throughout despite having some strong thoughts on certain issues and the missing girl scenario could have been explored a bit further imo; however, I do understand and appreciate that this is very ‘typical’ or urban living.
I’m not too sure why the story was called ‘Kong’s Garden’ as Kong had very little to do with the story :/ I also wasn’t the biggest fan of the ending which was far too abrupt for me…it kind of read like the author didn’t really have an ending in mind and so decided to stop it wherever they liked, although that final line gave me chills.
Overall a thought-provoking read.