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tungstenmouse's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cannibalism and Stalking
livvyofthevalley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, and War
midnightshow's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident
brgntteva's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
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For once I'll write my thoughts straightaway cause this book solidly blew my mind. Thrillers and noir are not my jam, and I picked this one cause I found it on @scribd
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We're in the dark underbelly of Seoul, we get to meet its assassins and plotters, and all sorts of cruel yet "principled" characters like Reseng, who was brought up in the Doghouse, aka Old Racoon's library, where meetings happen, until he found a studio apartment where he lives with his two lady cats Desk and Lampshade, and all could have gone along bloody smoothly until 3 women came up and changed everything.
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I can't name what exactly blew me away expect all these elements put together. How all the characters were shady and human and rounded, how the novel is gory, but with a melancholic twist, extremely graphic (leaning to absurd, and here's the Tarantino comparison) and yet I couldn't but feel for the characters, and many of them at that. Might be the writing, or the insights on feelings such as resignation, desperation, the aim for redemption. I just genuinely and unexpectedly love it.
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Recommend!
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🇮🇹 I cospiratori di Un-Su Kim è un thriller/noir che mi ha stecchito, e completamente a sorpresa visto che è il genere che leggo di meno. Ma questo è il mese della letteratura coreana, quindi ho provato.
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Reseng è un assassino mercenario cresciuto in una biblioteca da Old Racoon (un vecchio ipercinico), che vive in un monolocale con due gatti, nel sottobosco di Seoul fatto di assassini e cospiratori, ama leggere i classici e ha un amico. E la sua routine sarebbe continuata nel sangue se non fossero apparse tre donne a cambiare tutto.
Mi è piaciuto il fatto che tutti i personaggi siano cinici malinconici e umani; la scrittura; che ci sono in ballo rassegnazione, disperazione, rabbia, redenzione; che è cruento e violento e molto grafico, con scene assurde (e qui si capisce il richiamo a Tarantino).
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder
sarah984's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexism
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Car accident