Love in the Big City
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Average rating3.7
Young is a Korean student. He and Jaehee, his female best friend and roommate, frequent nearby bars where they push away their anxieties about their love lives, families, and money. Yet over time, even Jaehee leaves Young to settle down, leaving him alone to care for his ailing mother and to find companionship in his relationships with a series of men
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I tried to like it and I wanted to like it since I heard so many good reviews on it but unfortunately it just wasn't for me. I love the first section of the book where Young explores his friendship with Jaehee and the troubles she has been through after that I lost interest but pushed myself to reach the half way mark and made my decision not to finish.
22/02/23
Above is a review of my first attempt reading the book and two days ago I decided to give the book another try. My opinion has done a 180 and as I went on I fell in love with the book, I just wish Jaehee was in parts 2-4 a lot more.
Young is totally fictional, but he feels so real it's almost like a little miracle.
I loved everything about this book, from the introduction to his zany, rebellious friend Jae-Hee, to the heartbreaking process of holding oneself together after having lost a first love, and again after forcing oneself to letting go of loving Gyu-Ho.
Just wasn't really for me. Didn't really find it interesting and wasn't at all invested in the story.
