Reviews

The Hole by Pyun Hye-young

jolee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

readwriterach's review against another edition

2.0

really terrible things happen to a sort of terrible guy and he does nothing about it until the last 10 pages

ehiyeah's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

ariesbookshelf's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

kromanuski's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

kou_'s review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Death

flogcm's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Sans être uniquement un thriller psyschologique, ce roman arrive à faire germer le doute chez le lecteur. J'ai aimé avoir accès aux pensées et au passé du personnage, ça aide à mieux le comprendre et imaginer ce qu'il vit. Ça offre donc plus de réflexion qu'une simple histoire d'un homme paralysé qui pense que sa belle-mère veut l'enterrer vivant.

Les personnages ne sont pas particulièrement aimables, plusieurs sont même haissables. Ont peut se mettre à la place du personnage principal, Ogui, mais pas se sentir très triste de sa situation.

savidgereads's review against another edition

Didn’t live up to the promise of the blurb. Found it very slow. Quite dull and a bit depressing. 

pigegesy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

any_name's review against another edition

2.0

Well, I'd hoped I would be thoroughly traumatised after reading this book, but was disappointed. Just like the other reviewers here I agree that the book should've been longer to have the space to develop the tension and explore the feeling of helplessness.
This book had such great promise but I don't think it succeeded, unfortunately.