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I genuinely do not know how I got to the end of this book, I should've DNFed it. I was stuck between being extremely bored and having the "misunderstood and lonely" male character reduce every single fucking women in this story to just a pair of tits plot line. the objectification of these women is quite frankly insane! mostly their stories pass as mere plot points for the main characters own life rather than them becoming their own characters.
also there is no way every girl wants to fuck this guy because he is genuinely awful and has no redeeming qualities. I assume this must be a part of murakami´s "magical realism" because it was fucking unrealistic!
I don´t read Y.A very often but I like to try and read a bit of everything, so I decided to try this book out. the plot was very intriguing, but I did not love the execution. besides, I absolutely hated the writing of this book.
I recommend this to people who enjoy Y.A though, I think the plot was interesting enough to give it a try and I do recognize that maybe I am not the target audience for this.
as many of us, in 2020 I picked up a book again after a long time of not reading for pleasure. I had heard about human acts by Han Kang and decided to give it a try. I was completely surprised by this mostly simple but extremely real and moving story. I do not know if I have also attached the nostalgia of my story of becoming a reader to this book, but every time I think about it, I feel positively overwhelmed. overwhelmed and comforted to remember these characters and be placed back in this story.
definitely a must read. I was delighted to know that Han Kang received the Nobel Prize for Literature. It was most certainly deserved.