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If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha
Another fast read for the month of May, a book that even though I loved, made me feel so sad at the same time.
Four girls with colliding stories transported me to present day Korea and it was so refreshing reading a book about a place and a culture I nee nothing about.
The writing style was fast, effective, not overly flowery, but to the point. The author was able to convey all the different stories in a very intriguing way.
Overall, it's an amazing book, one I'd definitely read again, but if I'm honest, sometimes I couldn't believe that what I was reading was real. That this book might convey a true reality of Korea in 2020. It all felt so sad, all those girls in the salon rooms and the boyfriends who cheat and the impossible beauty standards that force a girl to practically beg a plastic surgeon to break her jaw in order to make her more appealing.
A book with no clear purpose in what it's actual message is, I think everyone takes whatever from it whatever they need. What it really prompted me to do though, is research to see if actually the aspect of Korea presented in this book is true. Not that I do not trust the author in presenting a truthful portrayal, it's just that I'm so intrigued by everything, that I need to know more!
Would definitely recommend it, hope you'll like it as much as I did!
Four girls with colliding stories transported me to present day Korea and it was so refreshing reading a book about a place and a culture I nee nothing about.
The writing style was fast, effective, not overly flowery, but to the point. The author was able to convey all the different stories in a very intriguing way.
Overall, it's an amazing book, one I'd definitely read again, but if I'm honest, sometimes I couldn't believe that what I was reading was real. That this book might convey a true reality of Korea in 2020. It all felt so sad, all those girls in the salon rooms and the boyfriends who cheat and the impossible beauty standards that force a girl to practically beg a plastic surgeon to break her jaw in order to make her more appealing.
A book with no clear purpose in what it's actual message is, I think everyone takes whatever from it whatever they need. What it really prompted me to do though, is research to see if actually the aspect of Korea presented in this book is true. Not that I do not trust the author in presenting a truthful portrayal, it's just that I'm so intrigued by everything, that I need to know more!
Would definitely recommend it, hope you'll like it as much as I did!