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A review by rce59
The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-sook Shin
3.0
I picked this book off my shelf, where it's been for quite some time; one of those books that you're not sure where it came from or what it's doing in your house, but it's there. And I'm neither thrilled nor upset that I read it. It was an interesting read, going into the life of a young girl/teenager in Korea in the late 1970s and 80s. I really know nothing about that time period, so it was educational as it referenced many events and places that I had never heard of before.
However, I found the style a bit discerning. The constant flipping to present and past within pages and paragraphs was a little much. I tend to like more linear stories, but this was well done. I also prefer less musings and more action/dialogue and this work focused more on the former. Overall, solid historical fiction (or fact/fiction, as the author writes it).
However, I found the style a bit discerning. The constant flipping to present and past within pages and paragraphs was a little much. I tend to like more linear stories, but this was well done. I also prefer less musings and more action/dialogue and this work focused more on the former. Overall, solid historical fiction (or fact/fiction, as the author writes it).