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CSeydel
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#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl
“An old woman sits on the beach, a cushion strapped to her bottom, sorting algae that‘s washed ashore.”

Lesliereadsalot Liked this one! Turned out later my son had actually visited this island on a South Korea trip. 1w
CSeydel @Lesliereadsalot Oh how cool! 6d
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Dilara
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My 1st book from this year's #NobelPrize winner. I was impressed by the first half, but disappointed that the narrator's quiet & moving story was pushed aside for almost straight non-fiction, admittedly also moving, and about events in #Korea's history that needed telling. So the fiction ended up being an artificial framing device for near-journalistic work. I was happy to read it all & learned a lot, but with a slight sense of frustration 😊

Dilara Pic of Funeral, Installation, Mixed Media, 2018, an artwork clearly linked to the book, found on the author's website https://han-kang.net/Visual-Arts 2w
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Robotswithpersonality
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Hoo boy. If you survived watching Red Sparrow, I think you can handle reading this book. That being said...
Lee gets full marks in writing quality for managing to
make an eminently readable book despite truly
harrowing subject matter. Recounting events surrounding Korean experience beginning in World War II and the Korean War, the tragic history of a split country is told here primarily by focusing on violence against women 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? and the lengths women have to go to to make better lives for themselves. There are, suprise, surprise, two trickster figures (not mythological, there is NO fantasy element here) present in the narrative, who evoke admiration for their strength and cunning. While I can appreciate murderous vengeance, and am starting to think I need to look up more traditional spy novels, I also have to confirm yet again that I have a rough time 2w
Robotswithpersonality 3/? with books heavily featuring themes of sexual assault and abuse. I think the choice to switch POVS for a couple of the 'lives' encountered added to the storytelling, and I can understand why the lives were not told in order. I can see some readers being baffled at the detour and length of the '7th life' but it adds to the overall story. I would happily read other works told in this format. I would consider reading from this author again, 2w
Robotswithpersonality 4/4 as long as I was forewarned about how dark the premise/content might be.
⚠️child abuse, domestic abuse, SA, slavery, suicide
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Jari-chan
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Pickpick

This one taught me a lot of Korean history, which is not covered by what we learn in school. It has some very strong scenes after which I had to stop the audio book to get my feelings in order. But since the book is mostly focused on the history part, I sometimes struggled to put the audio book back on. Only at the end the characters got a little more depth. Still a pick of course, since I really did learn a lot.

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Robotswithpersonality
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Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence. ☀️

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ladym30
Pachinko | Min Jin Lee
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Starting today!❤️❤️❤️ so

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