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A review by icedpinecones
Braised Pork by An Yu
2.0
I don't really have much of note to say on this book. I can't say I feel angry or elated with it, it just existed and I read it and now I've finished it and that's that.
For a book marketed so mysteriously, it felt miraculously hollow. I enjoyed it and then as it wrapped up I realised we got absolutely nowhere, nothing in this story seems to hold anything of note or supply any answers. Maybe I'm missing something, maybe I'm not reading between the lines enough or something got lost in translation but this book just didn't do it for me.
I feel completely impassive on this book, I'm a big fan of no plot just vibes novels (breasts and eggs by Mieko Kawakami is one of my all time favourites) but this book didnt have the vibes either which left us with nothing.
It just felt a bit hollow, loveless, and that makes me sad maybe, but I don't really care enough to feel sad about it.
This book exists, that's all I can really say.
For a book marketed so mysteriously, it felt miraculously hollow. I enjoyed it and then as it wrapped up I realised we got absolutely nowhere, nothing in this story seems to hold anything of note or supply any answers. Maybe I'm missing something, maybe I'm not reading between the lines enough or something got lost in translation but this book just didn't do it for me.
I feel completely impassive on this book, I'm a big fan of no plot just vibes novels (breasts and eggs by Mieko Kawakami is one of my all time favourites) but this book didnt have the vibes either which left us with nothing.
It just felt a bit hollow, loveless, and that makes me sad maybe, but I don't really care enough to feel sad about it.
This book exists, that's all I can really say.