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A review by chantaal
Snowglobe by Soyoung Park
3.0
I love reading translated genre fiction when I can find it, because it's interesting seeing how the same stories and tropes are played out using different cultural contexts.
There's not much new here, especially not in how the story unfolds in a "uncovering the real nasty truth behind a dystopian society" context. But what makes this a little different - and at times harder to connect to - is reading this from a South Korean context. These are South Korean values about fame, culture, societal expectations, television, beauty, etc.
It's a decent read and went by very quickly, but again, nothing really new here if you've read a few dystopian novels.
There's not much new here, especially not in how the story unfolds in a "uncovering the real nasty truth behind a dystopian society" context. But what makes this a little different - and at times harder to connect to - is reading this from a South Korean context. These are South Korean values about fame, culture, societal expectations, television, beauty, etc.
It's a decent read and went by very quickly, but again, nothing really new here if you've read a few dystopian novels.