Firstly: I really like the idea of this book and some of the passages were honestly great. That said, this is fundamentally an experimental novel/long essay. Having Kim Jiyoung and the people in her life as universal metaphors (stand-ins?) for average people in these positions also meant there was very little character development or insight into their "inner world", which are things I look for in novels.

This was also just a profoundly depressing book where every page doesn't stop blatantly reminding us that women are socially disadvantaged throughout their lives even in progressive societies. As interested as I was in the content (and fundamentally agree with the politics of the book), I struggled to finish this because of how explicitly stated things were. I'm not sure what the intended audience of this book is and I think I'd primarily recommend it to people who already are feminists and are into reading anthropological articles.