A review by grimywaifu
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I keep finding myself thinking of this book since I finished it. It focuses on one of our characters becoming a vegetarian, however that isn’t really the issue - and the POV of her husband, brother in law and sister as her condition progresses. Everything leads back to a cycle of violence, with our characters wondering if they had done things differently in the past would this tragedy have happened. Ive heard some of the prose didn’t come across so well in the translation, however it still hits hard. 
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