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A review by book_ishjournal
Please Look After Mother by Kyung-sook Shin
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I came expecting a sad book where I will get to be emotional most of the time. However, I was quite disappointed.
The book talks about the things that are already obvious, at least to me. Maybe it's because I already thought about my mum being human rather than just my mum. 'Did our mother like being in the kitchen?' The answer was obvious to me so why not to her children. A lot of the points kept repeating, so even if the book was short it felt slow and repetitive. For example, the epilogue is completely useless.
I'm not sure if it's the translation but the writing felt off. It was confusing at time and could not pick which style it wants to go with. You would be reading from third person perspective and then turn into second.
Maybe this book is good for indroductory 'how to see your mother as a person' but if you already thought of that the book is not really worth it.
To put a little praise my favourite pov was the eldest song. I felt like he was the most interesting and already knew what his mother had to go through.
The book talks about the things that are already obvious, at least to me. Maybe it's because I already thought about my mum being human rather than just my mum. 'Did our mother like being in the kitchen?' The answer was obvious to me so why not to her children. A lot of the points kept repeating, so even if the book was short it felt slow and repetitive. For example, the epilogue is completely useless.
I'm not sure if it's the translation but the writing felt off. It was confusing at time and could not pick which style it wants to go with. You would be reading from third person perspective and then turn into second.
Maybe this book is good for indroductory 'how to see your mother as a person' but if you already thought of that the book is not really worth it.
To put a little praise my favourite pov was the eldest song. I felt like he was the most interesting and already knew what his mother had to go through.