A review by aielinnae
The Last Tiger by Brad Riew, Julia Riew

5.0

The Last Tiger is a fantastical retelling of the occupation of Korea by Japan. Seung represents the everyday people who refused to be crushed by the occupation even though everything, including their food, language, culture, and identity had been taken from them or made illegal. Eunji, on the other hand, is from one of the families that assimilated to the occupying force’s culture, even changing their name to show their submission. Both hope to do well on the upcoming exam, but for vastly different reasons, for Seung, it’ll be a means to lift his family hopefully out of poverty, while Eunji just wants approval from her family. Through events, each will come to see the other side, their place in the world and where they want to be, as well as who they want to be when history is written. 

The Last Tiger is an engrossing story that sheds light on true history that many probably are not aware of. For fans of Pachinko that enjoy a fantasy twist.