Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

Winter in Sokcho

Elisa Shua Dusapin with Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Translator)

fiction contemporary literary reflective slow-paced

154 pages | first published 2016

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It’s winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. Bodies are red and raw, the fish turn venomous, beyond the beach guns point out from the North’s watchtowers. A young French Korean ...
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Moods

reflective 80%
emotional 34%
mysterious 32%
sad 23%
dark 18%
relaxing 15%
tense 15%
challenging 9%
lighthearted 7%
hopeful 4%
informative 4%
adventurous 2%
inspiring 2%
funny 1%

Pace

slow 44%
fast 29%
medium 25%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 90% | A mix: 5% | N/A: 2% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

No: 50% | It's complicated: 34% | Yes: 12% | N/A: 3%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 43% | No: 32% | Yes: 20% | N/A: 3%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 59% | No: 22% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 63% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 13% | N/A: 1%

Average rating

3.63

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