The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-sook Shin

The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness

Kyung-sook Shin

400 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Homesick and alone, a teen-aged girl has just arrived in Seoul to work in a factory. Her family, still in the countryside, is too impoverished to keep sending her to school, so she works long, sun-less days on a stereo-assembly line, struggling th...

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Community Reviews Summary of 91 reviews

Moods

emotional 85%
reflective 85%
sad 57%
dark 35%
challenging 28%
informative 21%
hopeful 14%
inspiring 7%
mysterious 7%

Pace

slow 62%
medium 37%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 70% | A mix: 20% | Plot: 10%

Strong character development?

Yes: 72% | It's complicated: 18% | N/A: 9%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 63% | It's complicated: 18% | N/A: 18%

Diverse cast of characters?

N/A: 40% | Yes: 30% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 10%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 30% | N/A: 20% | No: 10%

Average rating

3.7

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