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A review by ellieschaben
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Thank you to Ace, You Yeong-Gwang, and Slin Jung for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
This book is so reminiscent of The Midnight Library, even though I hate comparing. If this many people feel this way though, it’s almost too close of concepts.
Things this book did well:
* the immersive cultural elements - I do not know a lot about Korean culture. I loved the elements that are included!
* Issha - his entire existence was such a light for me! I enjoyed his connection with the MC and made so many scenes wonderful
* the vibes - Rainbow Town = adorable, Rainfall Market = also adorable, all the little market vendors = very adorable, book cover = stunning, the vibes were immaculate
Things I didn’t love:
* pacing - was a little slow to get into and the ending felt slow, even though there was a ton of action?
* the end action scene - felt unnecessary and dark, the vibes were so good throughout that I just couldn’t deal with the change-up
* character depth - I didn’t feel like we got to know any of the characters that well, and this was mainly focused on 1 MC
This book is so reminiscent of The Midnight Library, even though I hate comparing. If this many people feel this way though, it’s almost too close of concepts.
Things this book did well:
* the immersive cultural elements - I do not know a lot about Korean culture. I loved the elements that are included!
* Issha - his entire existence was such a light for me! I enjoyed his connection with the MC and made so many scenes wonderful
* the vibes - Rainbow Town = adorable, Rainfall Market = also adorable, all the little market vendors = very adorable, book cover = stunning, the vibes were immaculate
Things I didn’t love:
* pacing - was a little slow to get into and the ending felt slow, even though there was a ton of action?
* the end action scene - felt unnecessary and dark, the vibes were so good throughout that I just couldn’t deal with the change-up
* character depth - I didn’t feel like we got to know any of the characters that well, and this was mainly focused on 1 MC