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Frances Cha

Auteur van If I Had Your Face

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Werken van Frances Cha

If I Had Your Face (2020) 691 exemplaren
The Goblin Twins (2023) 11 exemplaren
Gdybym miała twoją twarz (2021) 2 exemplaren
Hätte ich dein Gesicht: Roman (2022) 1 exemplaar

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Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
South Korea
Land (voor op de kaart)
South Korea
Woonplaatsen
New York, New York, USA
Opleiding
Darthmouth College, Columbia University

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Sharp hard commentary, I appreciate who was centered and who was marginalized, and by the end I was truly invested in these characters. I want to know where they are now. Oh I know some people read for that, but I don't, so well done bringing me in.
 
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Kiramke | 24 andere besprekingen | Apr 6, 2024 |
A thoroughly engrossing and superbly written novel! I devoured this in a couple sittings-there was never an uninteresting moment. "If I Had Your Face" follows the lives of 5 young women (4 have POVs) living in modern South Korea in the same apartment building. Each are dealing with the stresses of being a woman and the, more often than not, unfair expectations placed upon them. They are expected to dress, act, look, talk, walk, work, and marry all in very specific ways, and not doing so throws them further into the cutthroat society where they are picked apart or discarded entirely.

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.

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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.
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deborahee | 24 andere besprekingen | Feb 23, 2024 |
 
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rianainthestacks | 24 andere besprekingen | Nov 5, 2023 |
Excuse me while I go cry because this book crushed me but also made me hopeful.
 
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ejerig | 24 andere besprekingen | Oct 25, 2023 |

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Werken
5
Leden
706
Populariteit
#35,871
Waardering
3.9
Besprekingen
25
ISBNs
23
Talen
2

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