A review by mb13_books
The Plotters by Un-su Kim

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have finished it and I would say that reading this story felt like watching a Korean noir thriller with lots of violence and men being in the middle of all that violence and action. And inspite of all that you find our main protagonist, who lives his life as an assassin and gets embroiled in this plot that he wasn't supposed to be in. Did the end justify the story? Perhaps, since it is because of the protagonist. I am unable to say a lot more about the themes of the book, but can say that capitalism shows its ugly side in this book. Setting of a library as our protagonist's childhood setting is indeed a new thing (haven't seen an assassin reading) but I cannot see of his mentor being against reading since he has also been reading. But I guess he considers that as a bane as he has to see through all of that plotting thing since he know how to read. Perhaps. 
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