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kilppes 's review for:
The Good Son
by You-Jeong Jeong
I couldn't take my eyes off the book yet I couldn't make myself go to the next page. The curiosity to understand what was happening was so excruciating that I was on the edge the whole time.
It's not a thriller to give you scares or to be gore-y, which I appreciate a lot. I love how it goes back and forth in the protagonist's memories to understand his actions and the things that happened - I don't think it was the author's goal to make bloody depictions for shock value. The nuances in all the characters are amazing and they all have their own stories and work on their own. I don't want to spoil anything, but I feel that it is more of a physiological analysis of this family rather than a murder case.
If you're coming here thinking you will have a Stephen King-ish thriller, I would say it's definitely not the case. But it's really tasteful and well crafted.
I would only say that the ending was a little underwhelming - it could have ended without the epilogue. If we were left without knowing the consequences it would be way more interesting, or something a little more ambiguous and less defining. But these books are more about the journey and not so much about the way the story ends.
It's not a thriller to give you scares or to be gore-y, which I appreciate a lot. I love how it goes back and forth in the protagonist's memories to understand his actions and the things that happened - I don't think it was the author's goal to make bloody depictions for shock value. The nuances in all the characters are amazing and they all have their own stories and work on their own. I don't want to spoil anything, but I feel that it is more of a physiological analysis of this family rather than a murder case.
If you're coming here thinking you will have a Stephen King-ish thriller, I would say it's definitely not the case. But it's really tasteful and well crafted.
I would only say that the ending was a little underwhelming - it could have ended without the epilogue. If we were left without knowing the consequences it would be way more interesting, or something a little more ambiguous and less defining. But these books are more about the journey and not so much about the way the story ends.