sunflower_soph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, and Eating disorder
panicpoet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Suicide
Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
serendipity421's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Animal death, Death of parent, and Gun violence
m4rtt4's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
a couple of songs by YOONA to listen to while reading this book: 'When The Wind Blows' & 'To You'
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Terminal illness
linlinlin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, and Mental illness
This book deals with some heavy themes and issues but I felt that they were adequately contextualised. It's a beautiful book and it makes you feel it allvilde_a's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, and War
Minor: Suicide
brennalr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Self harm, Death of parent, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Grief
Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Body shaming
sentientketchup's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Though the pain this book caused me was not enough to make me cry, it did cause me to pause and reflect. I wonder how I would handle this kind of grief.
Jung Yoon felt like a real person. I could feel her pain through the pages. Watching her wander through the world made her feel like she existed. There probably is a Jung Yoon out there in this world. And if they truly exist, I wonder where they stand now.
PS, Emily deserves the world
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Suicide
Moderate: Police brutality
ankitarmy's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Grief, Death, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide
julieshuff's review against another edition
3.0
Content warnings of sexual assault and eating disorders for anyone thinking about reading this book.
Things I liked:
-the super wide ranging references. I’m sure I didn’t get all of the literary references but reading about Fallingwater, Peru, or quoting a French/Uruguayan poet kept things interesting.
-I liked the alternating POV.
-even in translation, it was beautifully written.
Things I didn’t like:
- I couldn’t follow some of the time lapses. Hard to tell what the timeline was the way it jumped around.
- pretty sure all of the male characters (except for maybe professor Yoon) are emotionally stunted.
-strange conception of what constitutes romantic attraction. Jung Yoon is basically sexually assaulted by her childhood friend Dahn when she goes to visit him during his enlistment and it is never dealt with or unpacked or viewed in a negative light. Separately, Myungsah can’t commit and is basically gaslighting her giving her reasons they can’t be together or lack of clear answers.
-overly dark-people dying left and right in odd circumstances (which was maybe a point)
Moderate: Sexual assault and Eating disorder