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A review by c_serpent
DMZ Colony by Don Mee Choi
3.0
I have been to the DMZ. I wanted to understand more about the Korean (and/or, i suppose, the Korean/American) experience—of the war, of the DMZ, of being cleaved in two and then being expected just to live like that, to go on.
It felt like this book was written in a language I can sound out, but not comprehend, like Portuguese or something. It meant very little to me, although I really wanted to connect with it.
That's okay. I'm a white American girl. Sometimes, I'm not the audience. This book clearly resonates with a LOT of people, and that is objectively a good thing.
Except also this is a review for my Goodreads account, which is was created for the sole purpose of recording the books I have read and how I felt about them, so I'm rating it accordingly. I didn't get this book. I thought it was ambitious and I can tell there's a message here. But it was not for me.
A solid 3/5, because less stars seem punitive and more stars feel dishonest.
It felt like this book was written in a language I can sound out, but not comprehend, like Portuguese or something. It meant very little to me, although I really wanted to connect with it.
That's okay. I'm a white American girl. Sometimes, I'm not the audience. This book clearly resonates with a LOT of people, and that is objectively a good thing.
Except also this is a review for my Goodreads account, which is was created for the sole purpose of recording the books I have read and how I felt about them, so I'm rating it accordingly. I didn't get this book. I thought it was ambitious and I can tell there's a message here. But it was not for me.
A solid 3/5, because less stars seem punitive and more stars feel dishonest.