Roberto
The synopsis: After an apocalyptic event 40 women found themselves locked in a basement and guarded by men. They receive food once per day, they are not allowed to touch each other, a light is always on which dims when it's time for bed. It seems like a sci-fi dystopian mystery, but it's actually a psychological and philosophical book with those things just playing a minor role.
There are no chapters, we are reading the written memoirs of our main character. She was just a little girl when she was thrown in the basement so she has memories only of this new world. While it's not quite a standard structure for the book, it has 3 acts each with its own distinct themes. The first one is not great, but it becomes better and better and I've read the last 100 pages in one sitting.
Spoiler (minor): the only spoiler is there is no spoiler, just like in life we don't always get all the answers.
The synopsis: After an apocalyptic event 40 women found themselves locked in a basement and guarded by men. They receive food once per day, they are not allowed to touch each other, a light is always on which dims when it's time for bed. It seems like a sci-fi dystopian mystery, but it's actually a psychological and philosophical book with those things just playing a minor role.
There are no chapters, we are reading the written memoirs of our main character. She was just a little girl when she was thrown in the basement so she has memories only of this new world. While it's not quite a standard structure for the book, it has 3 acts each with its own distinct themes. The first one is not great, but it becomes better and better and I've read the last 100 pages in one sitting.
Spoiler (minor): the only spoiler is there is no spoiler, just like in life we don't always get all the answers.
The synopsis: After an apocalyptic event 40 women found themselves locked in a basement and guarded by men. They receive food once per day, they are not allowed to touch each other, a light is always on which dims when it's time for bed. It seems like a sci-fi dystopian mystery, but it's actually a psychological and philosophical book with those things just playing a minor role.
There are no chapters, we are reading the written memoirs of our main character. She was just a little girl when she was thrown in the basement so she has memories only of this new world. While it's not quite a standard structure for the book, it has 3 acts each with its own distinct themes. The first one is not great, but it becomes better and better and I've read the last 100 pages in one sitting.
Spoiler (minor): the only spoiler is there is no spoiler, just like in life we don't always get all the answers.
The synopsis: After an apocalyptic event 40 women found themselves locked in a basement and guarded by men. They receive food once per day, they are not allowed to touch each other, a light is always on which dims when it's time for bed. It seems like a sci-fi dystopian mystery, but it's actually a psychological and philosophical book with those things just playing a minor role.
There are no chapters, we are reading the written memoirs of our main character. She was just a little girl when she was thrown in the basement so she has memories only of this new world. While it's not quite a standard structure for the book, it has 3 acts each with its own distinct themes. The first one is not great, but it becomes better and better and I've read the last 100 pages in one sitting.
Spoiler (minor): the only spoiler is there is no spoiler, just like in life we don't always get all the answers.
While I was picking up 2 books on my list from a local bookshop I noticed they had a promotion 2+1, so I had to choose from that pile a third book. I picked this one because I liked the cover even if you should not judge a book by it. And even more ironically this is one of the messages in the book. But it gave me a good feeling and I have not read a south korean novel until now, so I decided now it's a good time to starts as I have already watched and enjoyed multiple films and tv shows from them.
Now to the book. It's a cute little story, like a Christmas hallmark movie. A homeless man, goes by the name Dok-Go, gets a job at a minimarket after finding and returning the owner's wallet, miss Yeom. The action starts in Autumn and goest past Christman and New Year until spring, so it can be a nice reading even in the winter holidays. Each chapter is from a different character's perspective and this is one of the strengths of the book. Some characters may seem one-dimensional from another one's perspective, but when you get to their story you learn more about them, you see how life does not always go as planned and people may not be able to deal with life in the best way.
While I was picking up 2 books on my list from a local bookshop I noticed they had a promotion 2+1, so I had to choose from that pile a third book. I picked this one because I liked the cover even if you should not judge a book by it. And even more ironically this is one of the messages in the book. But it gave me a good feeling and I have not read a south korean novel until now, so I decided now it's a good time to starts as I have already watched and enjoyed multiple films and tv shows from them.
Now to the book. It's a cute little story, like a Christmas hallmark movie. A homeless man, goes by the name Dok-Go, gets a job at a minimarket after finding and returning the owner's wallet, miss Yeom. The action starts in Autumn and goest past Christman and New Year until spring, so it can be a nice reading even in the winter holidays. Each chapter is from a different character's perspective and this is one of the strengths of the book. Some characters may seem one-dimensional from another one's perspective, but when you get to their story you learn more about them, you see how life does not always go as planned and people may not be able to deal with life in the best way.
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