Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong

26 reviews

cat_lithe's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

a disturbing but terrific book. it takes a little while to get going but is worth sticking with. i am still thinking about this book six months later

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

lisserd93's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

ealfving's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

slaywithsteph's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

There are some people you just can’t love. Even when they smile, they make you want to pull on either side of that smile and rip their mouth off.

Yu-Jin, a troubled young adult dreaming of being independent and making his family proud, wakes up next to the dead body of his mother with no memory of what happened. You’ll follow along with Yu-Jin as he pieces together what happened.

The narrator is rather talkative as he reflects on his life and the death of his mom, but otherwise, it was fun albeit fairly predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

rafacolog's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

rafaquatro's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Its a thriller, a good one who does a lot of reflection about abuse and mother to son relationship, very predictable tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

kristina_ligaya's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Abandonment

my_bibliotheca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

Keterbalikan dari judulnya, isi buku ini benar-benar durhaka. Dari sudut pandang Yu-jin, pembaca bisa tahu semua peranan di kehidupannya memiliki kesalahan yang mengakibatkan keadaan semakin runyam dan serba salah. 

 

Pada bab pertama, pembaca langsung disuguhkan kasus pembunuhan dan teka-teki yang sebetulnya tidak sulit untuk ditebak siapa pelakunya, namun narasinya dibangun dengan sangat lihai dan tricky. Pembaca perlu menggali lebih dalam untuk mengaitkan dan membuka fakta demi fakta di balik kejanggalan kasus-kasus pembunuhan. 

 

Dari buku ini, aku bisa mengerti kengerian akibat dari kesalahpahaman dan ketertidakbukaan antar keluarga. Semuanya disulut karena dua hal tersebut, dari yang lama terabaikan dan akhirnya dipendam tanpa sadar sudah mengendap dan menuntun ke kemurkaan Yu-jin. 

 

Buku ini lumayan page turner karena di tiap halaman membuat aku semakin bertanya-tanya dan ingin cepat-cepat mengetahui segalanya. Plot twist di bab akhir yang disuguhkan tidak begitu mengagetkan, tapi penjelasan semua kejadian dari sudut pandang Yu-jin vs Ibunya menjadi nilai tambah buku ini, karena kita mengetahui bentuk kejadian secara utuh. Dan sebagai pembaca, jujur aku sedikit kesulitan akan memihak ke siapa. Keduanya sama-sama memiliki alasan dan kelemahan. Jika mencoba menempatkan diri ke mereka, pasti sama-sama bimbangnya. 

 

The Good Son merupakan buku kedua dari Jeong You-Jeong yang sudah aku baca! Semoga di lain kesempatan bisa baca karyanya yang lain 🙌🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Murder

mim72's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

A strong start and a real page-turner, but the ending was a let-down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

catandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Car accident