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A review by denaiir
I Hear Your Voice by Young-Ha Kim
2.0
I gave this book 2 stars, if not for the book club I was participating in I would definitely have DNFed it.
For a book about 2 male protagonists in a very grim place, set in Asia, with some surreal elements, I definitely recommend Coin Locker Babies by Murakami Ryû more than this one.
I don't often read books with strong social commentaries but when I do the story has to be strong, otherwise it's just depressing and I give up on the book. I don't think the story was good enough to make me want to keep reading (again, Murakami Ryû achieved that for me).
I felt like there were so many different plot lines, and none of them was explored in depth, so I did not feel at all interested in the stories or what would happen to the characters.
Overall I liked parts 1 and 2 but afterwards the new characters were 2-dimensional, the setting was not compelling (I'm sure motorcycle gangs could be more interesting than this, come on!) and I was really bored.
So in the end I'm glad this was not longer and will not read anything else by this author.
For a book about 2 male protagonists in a very grim place, set in Asia, with some surreal elements, I definitely recommend Coin Locker Babies by Murakami Ryû more than this one.
I don't often read books with strong social commentaries but when I do the story has to be strong, otherwise it's just depressing and I give up on the book. I don't think the story was good enough to make me want to keep reading (again, Murakami Ryû achieved that for me).
I felt like there were so many different plot lines, and none of them was explored in depth, so I did not feel at all interested in the stories or what would happen to the characters.
Overall I liked parts 1 and 2 but afterwards the new characters were 2-dimensional, the setting was not compelling (I'm sure motorcycle gangs could be more interesting than this, come on!) and I was really bored.
So in the end I'm glad this was not longer and will not read anything else by this author.