AVulcan2025 finished reading The Vegetarian by Han Kang
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, …
This is a book filled with violence. It is not the kind where you have to clench your teeth to get through the scene, at least not most of the time. It is a quiet kind of violence, a violence where you have to wonder when the main character will break. It is a violence that could happen to every woman, no matter her standing, to everyone in fact, regardless of gender. The shifts in perspective are amazing, this is one of the absolute best books I’ve read this year. It shook me to the core. If you’re looking for short literature to get you back into reading, this book has got you covered.