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A review by patch
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
challenging
informative
reflective
5.0
“Help out? What is it with you and ‘helping out?’ You’re going to ‘help out’ with chores. ‘Help out’ with raising our baby. ‘Help out’ with finding me a new job. Isn’t this your house, too? Your home? Your child? And if I work, don’t you spend my pay, too? Why do you keep saying ‘help out’ like you’re volunteering to pitch in on someone else’s work?"
I wish I could say this book was more shocking or gut-punching than it really was.
How the author wove together statistics and data shining light on the misogyny Korean women (and women all around the world) have to endure with the life-story of the main character worked out so, so well. A really impressive novel.
I wish I could say this book was more shocking or gut-punching than it really was.
How the author wove together statistics and data shining light on the misogyny Korean women (and women all around the world) have to endure with the life-story of the main character worked out so, so well. A really impressive novel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism