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I cospiratori by Un-su Kim

18 reviews

violet_viper's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

For the first two-thirds of the book, I felt like everything was being told so slowly it was hard for anything to be very tense or exciting.
The last 20% or so of the book did speed up, and that was the best part.

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stephintoadventure's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.25

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mb13_books's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I have finished it and I would say that reading this story felt like watching a Korean noir thriller with lots of violence and men being in the middle of all that violence and action. And inspite of all that you find our main protagonist, who lives his life as an assassin and gets embroiled in this plot that he wasn't supposed to be in. Did the end justify the story? Perhaps, since it is because of the protagonist. I am unable to say a lot more about the themes of the book, but can say that capitalism shows its ugly side in this book. Setting of a library as our protagonist's childhood setting is indeed a new thing (haven't seen an assassin reading) but I cannot see of his mentor being against reading since he has also been reading. But I guess he considers that as a bane as he has to see through all of that plotting thing since he know how to read. Perhaps.

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jefferz's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

For a book titled the Plotters, I found the plot of this one ironically to be one of the weakest aspects of the novel that left me disappointed. I love the character dialogue and the protagonist Reseng is quite the relatable anti-hero who was cast into and doesn't know what life is like outside the dark world of assassins. This is very much a book where the journey is deemed more important than the destination as The Plotters sets up a fascinating scene and takes a good stab at the world of political corruption, underhanded deals, and what money can buy (pun intended). Reseng gets tangled up with a plot to overthrow the status quo of the hitman industry but the book never resolves the plotlines it sets up. He goes through a period of self-reflection and discovery as things go from bad to worse and ends with a moment of grandeur for Reseng similar to the climax of a movie where an epilogue would normally kick in showing the aftermath of the events. Except there isn't one and you're left to assume or wonder whether anything Reseng did (or what you read) even mattered. With such a slow moving plot and unsatisfying ending), this was not for me.

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blackferrum's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Actual rating: 4,5

The Plotters sering seliweran di timeline, entah di media sosial atau lokapasar. Premis dan sinopsisnya menarik; seorang pembunuh bayaran bernama Reseng membeberkan operasinya. Singkat, jelas, dan padat. Sukses mancing rasa penasaran lalu dapat kesempatan baca gratis (thanks to Rakata), tuntaslah semua rasa penasarannya.

Narasi yang dibawakan nggak terlalu muluk. Memang, kesannya banyak metafora dan agak bling-bling, tapi sama sekali nggak menyulitkan pembaca buat paham artinya. Reseng yang dibesarkan di perpustakaan punya ilmu yang luas. Keterampilannya sebagai pembunuh bayaran yang punya nama nggak muncul hanya karena dia adalah tokoh utama.

Seperti yang kusebut di awal, Reseng membeberkan operasinya. Dari permintaan yang masuk, lalu berlanjut ke si perencana, si makelar, berakhir di eksekutor. Reseng sendiri sebagai eksekutor. Sebelum menjalankan misi, sudah ada tas dari si perencana yang isinya alat dan bahan untuk membunuh sasaran.

Yang paling bikin merinding adalah si pembunuh bayaran atau bahkan kontraktornya bisa aja jadi korban. Kalau memang sudah waktunya disingkirkan. Mungkin karena dulu banyak menonoton drama Korea bergenre thriller, suasana dan motif yang ada di buku ini nggak lagi asing buatku. Siklus si pemburu yang ganti diburu juga rasanya sudah jadi semacam hal lumrah. Tapi, meski merasa siklus ini biasa dalam bisnis semacam ini, tetap ikut frustrasi dengan usaha Reseng mencari apa dan kenapa ekornya diburu.

Novel ini dari ilustrasi sampul dan mood cerita yang dibangun sukses membuat nuansa "gelap"-nya terasa pekat. Dunia bawah dan bisnis "menyingkirkan" semacam ini memang nggak common dibahas.

Bintangnya nggak bisa penuh karena ending-nya entah kenapa kurang nendang bagiku. Walaupun, kalau diangkat jadi film (kalau series malah ragu ending-nya nggak diubah) ending begini kayak biasa banget. After effect-nya memang ... hampa.

Terus, ini TMI, TP jadi progres Roro Jonggrang-ku selama jadi pembaca fiksi aktif. Maksudku, halaman di buku ini nggak kurang dari 200 dan selesai dengan waktu kurang dari 24 jam itu prestasi banget. Pokoknya, thanks to Rakata!

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tungstenmouse's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I found this very intense. Sometimes it was like watching a movie. My only issues were that it was occasionally slow and unfortunately extremely violent. If you like action and thrillers I highly recommend this.

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