Great review. Watching this review after reading the book makes me happier because it's not just me who felt it real and surreal at the same time. Thanks for sharing
Spot on review of The Vegetarian: I see others complaining about the *vegetarian* part and explain that it's just a vehicle for the family dynamics and what the wife's obligations are. I've never found Hothouse in the wild and I have a lot of used bookstores near me. I'm guessing the channel was abandoned which is unfortunate.
I am currently reading this book. Almost done with the second part which is her Brother in law’s perspective and I have a lot of questions already. Ugh! Hopefully once I am done reading all my questions wil be answered or else I’m gonna spend all night researching. LOL
I as someone who's born in a Hindu vegetarian family and so is a vegetarian all my life reading this book's first 40 pages was like yo what the fuck is going on
The translator is British woman. She found out there is no British korean novel translator so she decided to learn korean by herself after she graduated from Cambridge University. She taught herself korean for 7 years before she translated Han Kang's book
I thought it was very very good, and definitely highlighted the isolation of the main character by refusing her perspective and only seeing her through the people close to her who ultimately don’t make an attempt to understand her, even the painter. Although I couldn’t stop thinking for weeks after “Don’t be surprised if one day I just stand in the forest covered in rain like a tree” lol
We are all tempted to run away from our really , but the fear is, like the women in the story, the dam will break and we won't be able to find our way back.
I don't think the people around her are the problem at all. She's clearly mentally disturbed and lacks the ability to effectively communicate with others. As well as being oblivious to social ques. Her brother-in-law is also mentally disturbed.
@@Aldridge517 while she did have serious mental illness going on, everyone else in this book did too. Yeong-hye wasn’t met with real kindness or understanding from any character until the very end because they all projected their own issues onto her when she started behaving erratically. The family tried to force feed her meat, the brother in law literally turned her into his art, and her sister tries to care for her but is suffering from depression which I think is why she ultimately could relate to her sister and defends her at the end.
She is no longer an unknown Korean woman she is a Nobel prize winner ....
Just saw that!
@@PrisonforKids Well, now get ready for this video to blow up.
Yessssss
Hey i want to know if she actually writes in English or its translated in English
@beenishakram6322 it is translated in English and there are some translations errors
Great review. Watching this review after reading the book makes me happier because it's not just me who felt it real and surreal at the same time. Thanks for sharing
You really are underrated!! Great review!
This book has traumatised me for life
I read The Yellow Wallpaper after this video and I loved it! Thanks for the comparison.
Good review! Your bookshelf is amazing by the way 😊🎉
Spot on review of The Vegetarian: I see others complaining about the *vegetarian* part and explain that it's just a vehicle for the family dynamics and what the wife's obligations are.
I've never found Hothouse in the wild and I have a lot of used bookstores near me.
I'm guessing the channel was abandoned which is unfortunate.
Not abandoned, just hibernating. Thanks for watching!
I am currently reading this book. Almost done with the second part which is her Brother in law’s perspective and I have a lot of questions already. Ugh! Hopefully once I am done reading all my questions wil be answered or else I’m gonna spend all night researching. LOL
Absolutely loved this review!
The husband’s pov turned me off. The way he talked about her in the beginning almost made me want to stop reading tbh
her name is pronounced something similar to "yung h-yeh", no "ai" sound. great review!
Young hey
I as someone who's born in a Hindu vegetarian family and so is a vegetarian all my life reading this book's first 40 pages was like yo what the fuck is going on
Are you from India?
Yeah this book turned me off soooooo much. I’m like half way through the second part and I’m seriously thinking of DNFing it.
It took 8 yrs to be translated cause people don’t write book for english people.
The translator is British woman. She found out there is no British korean novel translator so she decided to learn korean by herself after she graduated from Cambridge University. She taught herself korean for 7 years before she translated Han Kang's book
@@davidhan9979thats great 👍
Got a remaindered copy for a dollar. Still feel ripped off.
I thought it was very very good, and definitely highlighted the isolation of the main character by refusing her perspective and only seeing her through the people close to her who ultimately don’t make an attempt to understand her, even the painter.
Although I couldn’t stop thinking for weeks after “Don’t be surprised if one day I just stand in the forest covered in rain like a tree” lol
We are all tempted to run away from our really , but the fear is, like the women in the story, the dam will break and we won't be able to find our way back.
@@davidsheriff9274 absolutely, well said
I don't think the people around her are the problem at all. She's clearly mentally disturbed and lacks the ability to effectively communicate with others. As well as being oblivious to social ques. Her brother-in-law is also mentally disturbed.
@@Aldridge517 while she did have serious mental illness going on, everyone else in this book did too. Yeong-hye wasn’t met with real kindness or understanding from any character until the very end because they all projected their own issues onto her when she started behaving erratically. The family tried to force feed her meat, the brother in law literally turned her into his art, and her sister tries to care for her but is suffering from depression which I think is why she ultimately could relate to her sister and defends her at the end.
Beautiful nose
The book is sooooo weird I don’t understand anything
I hated it. I really truly loathe this book.
So, it's not just me.