Yewon lives in a small village in South Korea, Dalbitsori. Here all families keep their ancestors' bones who died since the Korean War in 1953 and fill their bathtubs with it. They wash the bones several times a day and even give birth to their children in the bones. It became a tradition for the grandparents and parents who experienced the war closely, but Yewon's generation and herself question the whole thing and wish for a normal life, far away from the bones and the ever-present death. At the same time, Yewon is trying to come to terms with her father's death and worries about her little brother, who is serving in the military. She dreams of a hotel with countless doors and a few well-known visitors at night and even when she is awake.

First of all, I'm disagree about this book labeled as horror book. Well it has haunting atmosphere and pretty disturbing but it's honestly just literary fiction. So it's not a "real" horror book that I expected it would be. 

The pacing was quite slow. The plot of the story goes back and forth between the time when Yewon in her real life time, and when she was at "the hotel".

There are some interesting parts in the book and I like it
- The bones. Wonder you fill your bathtub with the bones and you have to wash them almost everyday, it's so strange, disgusting, and creepy. 
- The family dynamics. I found dealing with the whole family dynamic super exciting and I could empathize with many, many points.

The hotel. The hotel experience was a bit confusing for me and sometimes I couldn't keep up but I could imagine that it was about Yewon's inner struggle with herself, war and death, but unfortunately I found the execution far too weak. But I'm sure if this is converted into visual potrayal rather than descriptive text, it would be more easy and interesting.

Overall the book was good, I like the concept of the story and I can still enjoyed the whole story.

Thank you Netgalley, Zando, and Yeji Y Ham for the ARC in exchange of my honest review!