A review by novi
The Plotters by Un-su Kim

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I love this. This is a book for me!! It kinda reminds me of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, which is one of my favorites. And the first few chapters reminded me of Dive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, which is also one of my favortie books ever. This book is funny, charismatic, and dark. It's filled with interesting characters and stories that are sad (not in a VERY depressing way) but very interesting to follow. I'm in love with the characters and I want to know more about them. I want more. And for a book that is fille with "villains", all of them, ALL of them, are so likable.

My only complain is that the ending was not satisfying. At all. I guess we have to think for ourselves and interpret it in our own way why that was the ending, why the people did what they did, and how would the situation continue. It felt so unfinished!!! I need at least 1 more chapter. I also want to know more about old fox and hanja. Ugh a sequel or a prequel would be nice.

Oh also the concept of "the plotters" feels too organized for me. Too tidy. The fact that there are people that just plan things. How do they know if their plan will work if we've never seen them on the field? But I know nothing about this world so I don't know how accurate this book is, but the author has a lot of knowledge about the world of killing people (some are very specific and it made me very very suspicious), so *shrugs*.
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