This is true of Kim, who is young and bright, as well as full of wonder. I feel that it was appropriate to have the story set at that time of the character’s life as that is typically viewed as the time point where people learn the most about who they are, and what they want to be. I appreciate that the main character, Kim, was just starting out college. The way it was presented showed how progressive Kim Hyun Sook was in comparison to her parents who just toed the line to avoid getting in trouble. I wasn’t aware that even a single book would have landed you in trouble in South Korea in 1983 until reading this graphic novel. I also found the images were rather detailed as well, as if the finer details mattered to the illustrator. The graphics really brought to life the images necessary to convey a message, as well as truly set the tones and moods that ebbed and flowed within the storyline. The story, in a memoir-esque format, feels smooth and isn’t shy when showing the fear of the characters with the military’s censorship during the 1980s. This wasn’t fiction for Kim Hyun Sook, who recounts this in the graphic novel Banned Book Club.īeautifully drawn images accompanied the storyline in a way that really draws the reader in, and certainly provokes the reader to feel for the characters. Imagine living in a world where even the books you read were policed.
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