Babel by R.F. KuangMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Thursday, October 26, 2023
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Marion wine bar Melbourne
Melbourne places just seem so much more trendier and hip :D but a lot more expensive but I think Perth has equally good food nowadays.Review: The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian by Han KangMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I would not recommend this book to anyone who knows or who has an eating disorder. It’s a sombre read. The story is divided into three parts told from the main character Yeong Hye’s husband’s eyes, then her brother in law and finally her sister’s. In the process, we see what kind of repressed, objectified existence Yeong Hye is trying to shed from through her refusal of meat, progressing to what seems to be her refusal of all things of the flesh. Probably more poignant to Japanese and Korean women or Indian women because women’s rights hasn’t progressed to the same degree, nonetheless the book alerts us to the way men see the women as maids, sex objects as opposed to persons with the same need for freedom and expression.
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Review: The Winter Soldier
The Winter Soldier by Daniel MasonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Plot driven story about a privileged young man entering into war. A bit of love story as one would expect. Focused on the psychiatric manifest séquelae of war. I didn’t like the end. I don’t think introducing a new character in the very end is a good way to end and I was thinking the story might come full circle to Lucius friend but if I expand on this it would give the end away. Nonetheless a compelling story line and having been to Vienna in recent weeks, I felt connected to❤️
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