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A review by ribbenkast
The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre by 조예은, Cho Yeeun
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
2.0
The body horror was cool, I guess. I don't know if it was an issue with the translation, I am missing some cultural context or if this book is just bad.
I get that the author was trying to weave these different narratives from multiple characters together into the central titular massacre, but it didn't really work. Half of these characters had no baring on the plot and on top of that they weren't interesting or likable. This book is short, but still half of it didn't matter.
Also the prose was very dry and lackluster.
This book tried way to hard to be literary, but would've worked better as a fun pulp horror.
I get that the author was trying to weave these different narratives from multiple characters together into the central titular massacre, but it didn't really work. Half of these characters had no baring on the plot and on top of that they weren't interesting or likable. This book is short, but still half of it didn't matter.
Also the prose was very dry and lackluster.
This book tried way to hard to be literary, but would've worked better as a fun pulp horror.