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Human Acts
by Han Kang
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Even though I was aware that this book is dark, I still wasn’t prepared for just how affecting it would be. Despite being so consistently sad, the prose (and translation) were treated with such care that I found so much tenderness, wistfulness and a bizarre beauty, beyond it being just flatly bleak.
This is easily one of the best works of historical fiction that I’ve read.
This is easily one of the best works of historical fiction that I’ve read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail