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The Good Son
by You-Jeong Jeong
Yu-jin wakes up one morning to find himself covered in blood and he has no memory of why. He sees that his home is blood-splattered and as he investigates he finds the body of his mother dead with her throat cut. Yu-jin is scared as he has had a blackout caused by him stopping taking his medication. As relatives start to express concern about his mother Yu-jin decides to clean up but on finding his mother's journal his memory starts to come back and he realises that his medication is hiding more than epilepsy.
This is a short and very sharp book which completely grips the reader. The start suggests that Yu-jin has been set up and he appears a victim but as the plot progresses the reader realises that there is more to Yu-jin than first appears. The tone shifts incrementally as the horror increases and I found myself hooked to find out what happens next. It's obvious but deliciously macabre. The writing is so spare I can forgive the glaring holes in the narrative because the book is just brilliant.
This is a short and very sharp book which completely grips the reader. The start suggests that Yu-jin has been set up and he appears a victim but as the plot progresses the reader realises that there is more to Yu-jin than first appears. The tone shifts incrementally as the horror increases and I found myself hooked to find out what happens next. It's obvious but deliciously macabre. The writing is so spare I can forgive the glaring holes in the narrative because the book is just brilliant.