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The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
Last year I read Hye-Young Pyun’s The Law of Lines and in spite of a few reservations, I did find it to be an absorbing read. Yes, it was bleak, dark, and even grotesque at times but her tone never struck me as cruel or gratuitous. Given that The Hole won ‘Shirley Jackson Award for…
1 STAR, 3rd pov, abuse, Adult, affairs, all of the trigger warnings, books i hate, Contemporary, DEATH, disabilities, female authors, graphic content, grotesque, HORROR, Hye-Young Pyun, Korea, Korean, korean author, problematic, published in 2016, read in 2021, Shirley Jackson Award for Novel, SUSPENSE, The Hole, THRILLER, TRANSLATED FICTION -
The Law of Lines by Hye-Young Pyun β book review
βThe future was a dark corridor. And though she would grope her way through it, the door at the end would be locked tight.β After reading that Hye-Young Pyun’s novel The Hole won the ‘Shirley Jackson Award’, I was intrigued to read her work. Thanks to NetGalley I was able to read The Law of…
3 STARS, Adult, CRIME, DEATH, family, female authors, GRIEF, Hye-Young Pyun, Korea, Korean, korean author, morality, netgalley, psychological, Psychological thriller, published in 2020, read in 2020, revenge, SISTERS, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, Sora Kim-Russell, SUSPENSE, The Law of Lines, THRILLER, TRANSLATED FICTION, violence, white-collar crime, work culture