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A review by fkshg8465
Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Reading this book was depressing and shocking. Felt like my home country was full of incels and homophobes that ruled the nation. At this point, it’s harder to say whether South Korea or Texas/Florida is more oppressive. It also further confirmed to me the damage done by Japanese colonialism and US imperialism. Reading this book made me feel ashamed to call myself Korean. It also helped make a lot more sense of my childhood.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, and Deportation