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A review by readingthroughinfinity
Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sun
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This is a short novella about the murder of an 18-year-old girl, Kim Hae-on, told from the perspectives of three girls who knew her: her sister and two classmates. I enjoyed the way the three perspectives gave vastly different viewpoints, with each unreliable narrator revealing their differing opinions of events leading up to Hae-on's death and Hae-on herself. I also thought the portrayal of grief was an interesting one, with Hae-on's sister Da-on trying to become more physically like her after her death.
Unfortunately I found this a little too short to pack a punch and I think the audiobook detracted from my enjoyment of it, as it didn't give much of a sense of the passage of time. (There also seemed to be a male voice narrating one of the female POVs, which was a little confusing as it made me think that Han Manu was one of the main narrators, which he's not.)
Content warnings for descriptions of graphic violence, grief, discussions of surgical procedures.
Unfortunately I found this a little too short to pack a punch and I think the audiobook detracted from my enjoyment of it, as it didn't give much of a sense of the passage of time. (There also seemed to be a male voice narrating one of the female POVs, which was a little confusing as it made me think that Han Manu was one of the main narrators, which he's not.)
Content warnings for descriptions of graphic violence, grief, discussions of surgical procedures.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief, and Murder