A review by abookishtype
The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong -Mo

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

 Hornclaw should probably retire. She’s been in the “disease control” business for decades now, and she’s not as fast as she was. She forgets things and a lot of her parts hurt. The problem is that she never really made clear plans for what she’d do after she hung up her knives and poisons. In The Old Woman with the Knife, by Gu Byeong-mo (and sharply translated by Chi-Young Kim), we see Hornclaw as she is pushed to the brink by a challenge that might make any of her vague plans for retirement moot...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from Edelweiss, for review consideration.