Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 February 2024

I read The Embodiment by Bora Chung

It's a short-story from Bora Chung's book called 'Cursed Bunny', translated by Anton Hur.

The plot, basically a woman has been mysteriously pregnant for 6 months, and needs to find a father for her unfertilised child before it's too late. It's a surreal body horror story.

I really liked this story. Not that it made me happy or that I enjoyed my experience reading it, but I found it very interesting and intriguing. It's definitely a good body horror, in my opinion, which left me feeling grim, disgusted, and horrified. 

Usually, I can't take it when it comes to horror relating to pregnancy, giving birth, or pain in the groin. Often, it makes me feel a little sick, which did nearly happen in my reading experience, but this story was just too compelling.

I cared about the protagonist. I knew things weren't going to end well for her. The way that Bora Chung and Anton Hur described how she felt was so immersive, it was almost as if I could feel her pain and general experiences in life, too (it helps that I also share her anatomy). This went even to the point where I was skipping some lines and even considered dropping the short-story because it was nearly too much for me to handle!

Overall, good read. If you want a good "mundane" body-horror with a very intimate point of view from a female protagonist, The Embodiment is a great recommend from me :D

Sunday, 15 October 2023

Starting to read The Wide Window

Reading my first book from the 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' series by Lemony Snicket. I've finished the first three chapters so far of The Wide Window and I'm really enjoying it so far. 
I like the bits of dark humour here and there. It made me remember that dark humour doesn't always have to be edgy, inappropriate or shocking, which I forgot because all I think about are the edgy teens (and young adults, too) xD

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Metamorphosis

Just last night I finished reading Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. It started off just weird and then it just got tragic & miserable. It felt really mundane and "dull" (in a way that's likeable in my opinion). As most readers did, I felt really bad for Gregor, and also for his family. 
This is the copy/translation I have at my library

SPOILERS: I also can't believe that Gregor just... dies like that at the end. Damn... Older stories really were harsh.