Right now, the darkness before us is all we see, but the bright morning is sure to come.

This quote from the very book perfectly sums up the entire journey you go through when reading this book.

I love the progression of the book is very true to Seol's character. She starts off as curious and hungry for the information and the thrill of the chase, only to bite off more than she could chew as she unwinds the threads to the mystery. Her mission in finding her brother isn't lost in the fray of the bureau's scrambling to find the murderer. It's well integrated into the story, and oftentimes I have to pause and take a moment to breathe because the way the writing integrates her thoughts and emotions into the discovery is just amazing.

Content warning for details of murder victims, torture, violence and the like (more factual than it is for gore factor, but it's important to note before you read).