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A review by elementarymydear
Can't I Go Instead by Lee Geum-yi, 이금이
4.0
This is a book that demands you take your time with it, but it is worth the pay-off! We follow two women from childhood through to old age, and see how their choices – and the choices of those around them – affect their lives.
The two women at the centre of the story, Chaeryeong and Sunam, were both very nuanced characters. While their characterisation was very subtle, across the course of the book we got to see so many different facets of them both. Their journeys take them all the way around the world, and when they did arrive home, it was a very powerful full-circle moment that showed just how much they had been through and changed.
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Lee Geum-yi explores a lot of different power dynamics in this book. Sometimes it’s because of class; sometimes because of gender; sometimes as a part of colonialism. It made the book even more compelling, and was such an interesting way to explore the different characters and the things they went through.
While I would have liked to spend a little more time with the women later in life, this was still a captivating and emotional read.
I received a free copy for an honest review.
The two women at the centre of the story, Chaeryeong and Sunam, were both very nuanced characters. While their characterisation was very subtle, across the course of the book we got to see so many different facets of them both. Their journeys take them all the way around the world, and when they did arrive home, it was a very powerful full-circle moment that showed just how much they had been through and changed.
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Lee Geum-yi explores a lot of different power dynamics in this book. Sometimes it’s because of class; sometimes because of gender; sometimes as a part of colonialism. It made the book even more compelling, and was such an interesting way to explore the different characters and the things they went through.
While I would have liked to spend a little more time with the women later in life, this was still a captivating and emotional read.
I received a free copy for an honest review.