A review by pomeranian_poltergeist
Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories by Bora Chung

dark mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Midnight Timetable took a moment to grow on me, but it's a decent little linked series. It's not nearly as inventive, ambitious, or dark as Bora Chung's other collections; it reads like stories written by someone who hasn't actually read a lot of horror, and isn't confident enough to play around with old standards and themes. Maybe 'laboratory for haunted objects' isn't as formulaic an idea in South Korea? I liked a few of the plot threads (the handkerchief's history was great!) they just never quite went far enough.     
Warning for animal violence and death
(sheep, a cat)
. It isn't too explicit, just jarring, and
the animals get a happy ending, sort of
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