Han Kang, a South Korean writer won the Man Booker prize in 2016 for this book. This slim, minimalistic-style narrative is about a South Korean woman who, after a nightmare, decides she will not eat meat. This sparks a wave of dramatic reactions from her husband, sister and brother-in-law. This boo...
I'm not sure what I feel about this book. It is three points of view about Yeong-hye (husband, brother-in-law, and sister.) I liked it but I have questions which will probably be answered or discussed in my book club. The first part I wanted to smack the husband upside the head because of how he ...
With so many awards and 5-star reviews I felt somehow bad to give it less. While some books that treat the theme of mental illness "force" you to connect with the character or the writing, The Vegetarian did not do that, at least for me.
This book really is quite the read. I finished it a while ago and I had to take some time upon finishing it to sort out my thoughts and feelings. First, let me start off by saying I almost gave up on this book. The book is split into three sections and there's a horrible event that takes place in th...
What an odd little book. Struggling to find a way to describe it, I read some reviews and found many comparisons to Kafka, which, in retrospect, rings true. The Vegetarian is unsettling; it takes the everyday and scours what's beneath. The last paragraph of its synopsis on Amazon accurately casts th...
The Vegetarian is a dark and disturbing tale about Yeong-Hye, a Korean woman, who suddenly decides to become a vegetarian. Her husband and family can´t deal with her decision, especially since her only explanation for said decision is that she had a dream. And what starts as a simply decision to bec...
The Vegetarian, Han Kang, author; Deborah Smith, translator; Janet Song, narrator and Stephen Park, narrators. This is a tale about a family from a culture in which wives are expected to be obedient and respectful to their husbands and their families. The men are expected to be served and the women ...
This is broke into three sections. The first third of the book really had my interest, I loved it, it is exactly what i expected it to be. The second part was tolerable. I hoped that the third part would pull it back together. NOPE! NOT AT ALL! It changes view points, which was confusing. I feel lik...
I wish I could say I enjoyed this book. It was awkward and hard to read, which made it so I couldn't care about any of it.(I was given access to a free copy of this text in exchange for my review, via Blogging for Books.)
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