I'm quite conflicted about my review again.

On one hand, as a novel this is not very strong. The story is a fictionalized but typical trajectory of a Korean woman. The story revolves around the main character kind of loosely while the author focuses on context. The characters are not really characters but vessels to illustrate a point. The story includes telling, not showing, even through citing statistrics. Nothing is resolved. The writing style makes sense after the final part, sure.

On the other hand, reading this book in context is what makes it so powerful. This book could be non-fiction, but it has a bigger impact like this. Women can relate to it. They can feel the yes, exactly, this is what it's like. This fictional account is more true than non-fiction. It fills you with rage and sadness more than statistics ever could.

So, even though I feel this is a 3,5 starts kind of book, I'm rounding it up to 4.