CW: Body dysmorphia, sex work, medical/surgery, suicide, pregnancy/ pregnancy loss, off page violence, mute character

If I Had Your Face is an intimate portrait of the world of young Korean women. Their world is marked by beauty and what beauty can buy or sell. From a Western standpoint, this world seemed horrifying, grim, and lonesome. I also found it fascinating that despite the pressures of beauty, marriage does not seem like a pressure until past the age of 30. It's a stark contrast to the West, where if you are not married by the age of 27, you are considered old. If I had Your Face might be extremely eye opening for readers who have never read or experienced any Korean media/culture.

I listened to this on audio, which has different narrators, but I still found it difficult to track which character was speaking.

There is not much plot, beyond the girls going through their daily life. I enjoy slice of life novels, though. Cha's writing is beautiful.