Frances Cha
Autor de If I Had Your Face
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Amazon
Obras de Frances Cha
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- South Korea
- País (para mapa)
- South Korea
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
- Educación
- Darthmouth College, Columbia University
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
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Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 693
- Popularidad
- #36,521
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 24
- ISBNs
- 23
- Idiomas
- 2
I recently had read Robin Ha's autobiographical graphic memoir, "Almost American Girl", and wanted to learn more about life in South Korea, and I thought this was an astoundingly intimate and insightful look into what it's like. Although I knew a little bit about things such as emphasis on plastic surgery and idol obsession, there was so much more I didn't know about or even consider, like how maternity leave is viewed in comparison to the USA, about the room salons like where Kyrui works, and how the adult-child relationships vary. All of this info, in addition to Cha's writing style, made the book super immersive.
(minor spoiler warnings for this paragraph)
My favorite aspect of the book was the friendship that grows between the women. Although at times it is tenuous, it is written with such heart and ferocity! Cha really does a wonderful job at showing the ups and downs of friendship, and that beautiful bond of girls looking out for each other. Each of these women to some extent have experienced that dread of feeling like they have an "expiration date", a time when society will deem them too far gone or too old or too saggy to be worth anything, but ultimately they find comfort, solidity, and happiness in each other, and I LOVE that. I love that the toxic men in each of their lives were shed by the end of the novel and they instead were brought closer to one another.
I would have loved another 100 or so pages in the book, especially because a couple of the arcs felt a TEENY bit unfinished. Overall a little more meat on this books bones would have paid off, but the story is still SO well done. Plus, Cha also made it pretty obvious how things were going to work out so I'm satisfied with that ending! (although I would have loved to see Miho finish her revenge)
"If I Had Your Face" is an absolute recommend from me, and I can't wait to see what Cha does next. I'll definitely be reading it.… (más)