madkc4ever 's review for:

My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran

3.5

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

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My copy of this book is underlined and annotated like crazy because the writing is absolutely breathtaking. However, the story itself moves at a slower pace and I wish we had gotten to see Areum’s younger years a bit more. The second half of the book picks up but the first half in particular was a bit slow.