Honest, visceral, sensible, poetic, scarring. These are the words that can describe the literary force of this book. This is, in truth, a psych4.5/5 ⭐
Honest, visceral, sensible, poetic, scarring. These are the words that can describe the literary force of this book. This is, in truth, a psychological disection of the South Korean folk after one of their most horrendous historical events that will keep hanging above them like a painful reminder of how fragile everything is in life, but not at all worthless....more
Enjoyable, not a fancy review here. I'm no age player, power player etc so I deducted a few points off the final rating. Still, I think it's a3.75/5 ⭐
Enjoyable, not a fancy review here. I'm no age player, power player etc so I deducted a few points off the final rating. Still, I think it's a good book with a good story....more
Might seem like a children story but it's so well done with so many magical and fantastic elements that go so well with the fairytale-type of 3.75/5 ⭐
Might seem like a children story but it's so well done with so many magical and fantastic elements that go so well with the fairytale-type of story. Dare I say it was even a little bit dark? Yes. And I enjoyed it!...more
If you have absolutely no expectations or if you're too hyped up or anything in-between, don't worry, this book will probably turn out way more4.5/5 ⭐
If you have absolutely no expectations or if you're too hyped up or anything in-between, don't worry, this book will probably turn out way more interesting than anything you mightve pictured in your head.
I am a big fan of books about books and libraries and bookshops and secret shelves and stories and words and everything of the sort (being a nerdy bookworm makes you like that, yes, beware!). And this story built on the love for books, stories and writers binds the past and the present. And it's so much more complex than just the plot.
Each of the characters comes with a story. It looks like each of these characters and their backstories are arteries attached to the big beating heart - the plot. The plot pumps the arteries with fresh blood and they bring back raw material for the heart to keep pumping.
I was surprised by the lengths this story goes to. It's full of force, but also of emotion. Of love and loss. Of tragedy. Of little smiles that appear at the corner of one character's mouth when they think no one sees them. And most importantly, it is full of magic. And this magic is done in such a way that the life is intertwining with it....more
This opinion is definitely in minority here, I know it, but that's just how I felt about this book.
I wanted to like it more because it had cr3.45/5 ⭐
This opinion is definitely in minority here, I know it, but that's just how I felt about this book.
I wanted to like it more because it had crazy potential, especially at the beginning where it gripped me with that crazy, witchy story about the leper, the curse, the devil. I said to myself ooh this has to be good now, it's like Sherlock Holmes but he is descending through the rings of hell.
After that initial spark of interest, I actually got to meet all the characters and see exactly how they are and what they bring to the table and I can say that they were very well contoured. Definitely solid characters with solid personalities.
Even though I liked the ending, I must say I got bored during a big chunk of the story and I got a bit lost, which means a big part of the whole plot kind of got chopped, even though my main goal was to cut through it not chop it up. And even with that, I can say that this has got to be one of the most nique (at least to me) books in terms of composition and if you don't mind slow mysteries with a dose of magic then this might be your next read....more
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