I'm glad I knew very little of what this book was about when I started it. Choi delivers something special by book's end, something that is wholly different from Trust Exercise but still felt like a gut punch. I was weeping during the final chapters. There was a point during the (nearly 500 page) book that I wondered where this was going, and I was sidelined by some personal events at home, but I'm glad I picked it back up. Truly loved this, and Choi's ability to create these specific and layered characters and weave them into a story about history that I knew very little about--magnificent.

Longer and more coherent review to come!