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Human Acts
by Han Kang
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Fuck.
This one was so profound and I couldn’t stop crying through its pages. This is my first Han Kang book, but definitely not my last, for I feel they convey such a sense of poetic, yet catastrophic prose, and I spent the novel rubbernecking each narrative, out of curiosity and horror.
Kang has curated a collection of interconnected stories retelling the nightmares that ensued, before, during, and after the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea - a time where political unrest brought out a governing body’s true colors, shedding blood at any given opportunity all in the name of maintaining power.
I’m now spiraling down the never ending rabbit hole that is South Korea’s political history. I also feel it is SO relevant of a read for most Americans to consume nowadays, because yall, the government is NOT our friend!
This one was so profound and I couldn’t stop crying through its pages. This is my first Han Kang book, but definitely not my last, for I feel they convey such a sense of poetic, yet catastrophic prose, and I spent the novel rubbernecking each narrative, out of curiosity and horror.
Kang has curated a collection of interconnected stories retelling the nightmares that ensued, before, during, and after the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea - a time where political unrest brought out a governing body’s true colors, shedding blood at any given opportunity all in the name of maintaining power.
I’m now spiraling down the never ending rabbit hole that is South Korea’s political history. I also feel it is SO relevant of a read for most Americans to consume nowadays, because yall, the government is NOT our friend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, War