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Kim Čijong — ročník 82 by Cho Nam-joo

33 reviews

laurareads87's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 lives up to the author's intentions to write a work that sparks conversation about Korean women's experiences with sexism and misogyny at home, in school, and at work.  The book felt simultaneously very familiar and very infuriating -- I cannot say that I was surprised by the protagonist's experiences as many of them are not dissimilar to my own, yet finishing it I find myself affected nonetheless.  The author captures misogyny in all of its everydayness: its manifestations in relationships between partners, strangers, colleagues, the excuses men make to dismiss its existence, and its reproduction by even those who consider themselves progressive.  The incorporation of a few footnoted statistics (about gender and employment, wage gaps, etc. in Korea) is highly effective and, I think, is valuable context, particularly for non-Korean readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

ekmook's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual violence

fifofi's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Miscarriage

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Ein wirklich wichtiges und informatives Buch, das Einblick in die stark patriachale und extrem konservative Gesellschaft Koreas gibt. Kein Wunder, dass das Buch so "kontrovers" ist. Kim Jiyoung repräsentiert das Schicksal vieler Frauen in und außerhalb Koreas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infertility, Pedophilia, Grief, and Abortion

sillyduckie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy

clementinedays_'s review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, and Vomit

deadeye's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Racism and Alcohol

katreads2022's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I will preface this by saying I read this book with no premonition of what it was actually about and I believe that is the best way to approach this book. For those who have not read it, I will just say that I highly recommend “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982”. For anyone. Spoilers ahead in the remainder of this review.

Detailing—in intriguing clinical fashion—the life of his patient Kim Jiyoung, the unnamed psychiatrist reflects on the roadblocks he had not faced being a man. I think every reader should reflect alongside him, examining the critical role of sex in society. What I think is particularly interesting about this novel is its treatment of the fundamental way in which sexism forcefully redirects the lives of women. There’s this unfounded perception that sexism is compacted in singular experiences: a rude catcall, an apprehensive glance, a snide remark. In reality, it occupies a women’s entire life, ever-present and all-encompassing. Jiyoung isn’t particularly unusual in any way: in fact, she is incredibly average. Her tendency to remain within the norm further illustrates the ingrained sexism in all societies, not just the corporate Korean world which she navigates in her midlife. I am certain everyone can detect the patterns of Jiyoung’s life among their female family and friends, even amongst themselves. The injustice which Jiyoung faces purely because of her sex is, tragically, universal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

alexianovoa's review against another edition

estoy MOLESTISIMA y estuve molestisima durante todo el libro. i hate men etc etc 
muy bueno pero queria mas de 2015 y lo que decia kim con las voces de las otroas mujeres pero bueno. no lo reeleria pero se lo daria a cada hombre que conozco 😆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

ahnminjim's review against another edition

inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment