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A review by spellbindingtomes
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was such a heartwarming slice-of-life story about how a neighborhood bookstore transforms into more than just a place to buy books – it becomes a sanctuary where people discover both themselves & each other. Each character who steps through the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop finds not just books, but also understanding & acceptance.
This is a love letter to bookstores & the communities they foster and for anyone who has ever found solace between the shelves of a bookshop.
Rather than say more, I'll let these quotes convince you to pick up this book:
𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.
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𝘈𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴.
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𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦.
This is a love letter to bookstores & the communities they foster and for anyone who has ever found solace between the shelves of a bookshop.
Rather than say more, I'll let these quotes convince you to pick up this book:
𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.
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𝘈𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴.
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𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦.