Review: The Law of Lines

The Law of Lines by Hye-Young Pyun
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

2 women exploring a suicide in each of their families, which they don't quite believe to be suicide. This was bleak and a tad depressing. The end was... odd? But if you're in the mood for a convoluted thriller, this fits the bill.




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Review: The Canning Factory

The Canning Factory by Hye-Young Pyun
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Every book by Pyun Hye-Young requires some preparation on my part. They all have that atmosphere of loss of control, creativity and humanity, and this is no exception. This was a short story, so I think I preferred it, since it didn't drag me down quite as deep as The Hole did. 

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Review: The Hole

The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This reminded me a lot of the stories from "Evening Proposal", by the same author. It had the claustrophobic feeling of being trapped and stuck, with no way out. Of course, this book took it much much further, and then things started to get twisted around.

Had I known it would be this much of a thriller (some even classify it as horror), I probably would not have read it, but I'm certainly glad I did.

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Review: Evening Proposal

Evening Proposal by Hye-Young Pyun
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

These stories all seem to share a theme of being lost, whether physically or as in losing control over one's direction in life (or both). The atmosphere is similar for each story, and there are definitely certain themes (monotonous work, one's employment not mattering, travel, being stuck in a situation and not being able to get out, etc.) I'm sure there are parallels that I'm not catching, as well, like the life of the rabbit probably being a metaphor for the life of the protagonist.

Regardless, I enjoyed these. I wish I had spaced each story out a bit more, so I could come back to them with breaks in between. I might do that the next time I read Pyun's Hye-young's work.



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