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A review by readingwryly
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
2.0
I think I learned something about myself from reading this novel. I like plot driven stories.
I’m giving this 2.5 stars. It just wasn’t for me.
I loved the Korean perspective and the commentary about women and social standing. I feel like I have grown as a person for having read this.
That being said, it was tough to get through. I hung in there with hopes that the story lines Cha was setting up were all going to come together in the end in some beautifully poignant way. That didn’t happen. I can see how this may have been intentional. It may have been the authors way of proving a point. And I can respect that. But it’s not what I look for in a novel.
There were too many questions left unanswered, too many threads left untied. I’m disappointed.
If you are into very character-centric stories and are okay with an open ending...this will be worth a read for you. Unfortunately, it just didn’t give me what I was looking for.
I’m giving this 2.5 stars. It just wasn’t for me.
I loved the Korean perspective and the commentary about women and social standing. I feel like I have grown as a person for having read this.
That being said, it was tough to get through. I hung in there with hopes that the story lines Cha was setting up were all going to come together in the end in some beautifully poignant way. That didn’t happen. I can see how this may have been intentional. It may have been the authors way of proving a point. And I can respect that. But it’s not what I look for in a novel.
There were too many questions left unanswered, too many threads left untied. I’m disappointed.
If you are into very character-centric stories and are okay with an open ending...this will be worth a read for you. Unfortunately, it just didn’t give me what I was looking for.