A review by abookishtype
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Shin Kyung-Sook’s novel, Please Look After Mom, is one of the most tragic books I have ever read. The characters are all flawed human beings, some deeply so. These flaws unintentionally collide when an elderly woman—a mother, a wife—goes missing in a Seoul subway station...

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