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I really loved this book. I’m not entirely sure why I did.
I’m not a big horror/thriller person (in any medium, not just books), and I wasn’t a fan of Misery by Stephen King (a book with a fairly similar plot, to the point that the cover says “a Korean take on ‘Misery’”) so it’s kinda weird to me that I enjoyed this. Since I don’t really know why I feel like this is a Very Good Book as opposed to similar books and the genre as a whole I’m just gonna lay out some things that stood out to me a lot.
1. I loved the writing style (big props to the translator!)
2. All though I do kinda wish this book was a bit longer, this book accomplished a slow burn soo well for a book that barely reaches 200 pages. There was a while in the middle where I was wondering how this even counted as a thriller novel because there wasn’t anything That creepy, but as the story progressed I totally got it.
2.5 I loved the way Pyun dives into the characters as the story progresses and reveals more about who they actually are and their personality behind closed doors, it really added to the claustrophobic vibe and slow burn creepiness
3. I liked that the book didn’t have to be very violent to be creepy. I’m a WIMP and I don’t really enjoy reading super long descriptions of gross violent shit, and I think it’s just kinda impressive that Pyun can creep me out just by having a woman go
I’m not a big horror/thriller person (in any medium, not just books), and I wasn’t a fan of Misery by Stephen King (a book with a fairly similar plot, to the point that the cover says “a Korean take on ‘Misery’”) so it’s kinda weird to me that I enjoyed this. Since I don’t really know why I feel like this is a Very Good Book as opposed to similar books and the genre as a whole I’m just gonna lay out some things that stood out to me a lot.
1. I loved the writing style (big props to the translator!)
2. All though I do kinda wish this book was a bit longer, this book accomplished a slow burn soo well for a book that barely reaches 200 pages. There was a while in the middle where I was wondering how this even counted as a thriller novel because there wasn’t anything That creepy, but as the story progressed I totally got it.
2.5 I loved the way Pyun dives into the characters as the story progresses and reveals more about who they actually are and their personality behind closed doors, it really added to the claustrophobic vibe and slow burn creepiness
3. I liked that the book didn’t have to be very violent to be creepy. I’m a WIMP and I don’t really enjoy reading super long descriptions of gross violent shit, and I think it’s just kinda impressive that Pyun can creep me out just by having a woman go