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The Vegetarian by Han Kang

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

completely taken by the way agency is depicted in this book.  our bodies and our diets are so policed and the structures of society so rigid that the smallest deviancy seems to warrant a violent reaction. as i read through the brief parts of yeong hye's dialogue or thoughts i felt a resonance with her as i wondered whether her desires were really so extreme. she seeks to escape the normalisation of violence and desires a peaceful existence. hurting has such an integral space in our world that we simply do not realise how much we do it. im already a vegetarian but if I wasn't this would have convinced me.