AudibleDNF at 35%That's actually funny - not the book, there is nothing to laugh at here - but the fact that ALL my GR buddies with whom I share my book taste and who have already read it, loved it. And I, who picked it up, with complete certainty that I would enjoy it too, didn't like it at all. E...
Pak Jun Do is an almost-orphan living in North Korea. His ability to shift his identity to conform to the unpredictable whims of the Korean government helps him stay alive, but there is only so much that one person can take. When Jun Do’s family is put in danger, he risks his life to help them escap...
DNFed at page 50. This book was boring as hell. Dry. A little rushed. And it's like it was written for someone fluent in North Korean culture (which I am not). So many terms I didn't understand. So many places I had to look up. And at times I was confused, thinking the main character was from Chin...
BLUF: I would not recommend this book simply because it is monotonous; however, I enjoyed the (fictional or not) insight into a country much different than our own."Ga thought about reminding the dear leader that they lived in a land where people had been trained to accept any reality presented to t...
Wow. Where to start. This is certainly one of the best contemporary novels I've read in at least a decade. It's like nothing I've read before, or a unique amalgamation of genres I haven't seen combined. It begins very much in the vein of the Odyssey, except the protagonist, Jun Do, can't be said to ...
This is a difficult book to review, so I hasten to add that this may not be the longest review! Never were these words truer.... ....because I'll admit, I spent quite a few sleepless hours the other night trying to figure it out! But yet, I still feel I'm missing something. I spent a large por...
Quite excellent. While the Orphan Master's Son is highly acclaimed fiction, its portrayal of North Korea and the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il give it almost a mockumentary vibe. Unusual in structure, there are three POVs: Jun Do, the interrogator and the loud speaker voice. Jun Do is the orphan master...
I'm putting a bow on 2013 by noting my five most satisfying reading experiences of the year - and one memorable other. There are no spoilers here! You can get enough plot details from book blurbs and dozens of other sources. So here they are, in no particular order: Dodger, by Terry Pratchett P...
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