The book opens with a young mother, Kim Jiyoung having some psychotic episodes when she believes she is one of her friends who has died. We then go baThe book opens with a young mother, Kim Jiyoung having some psychotic episodes when she believes she is one of her friends who has died. We then go back to Jiyoung's childhood, studies, first jobs, and when she has her child. Everything is shown through the lens of the misogyny and sexism Jiyoung faces in South Korea, which although shocking, is written in such a dry and stilted style, it is hard to get into the story. Perhaps this was the wake-up call South Korea needed because it has been a bestseller there. ...more
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