The Goosebumps series that R L Stein writes are still read by many. But I don't mean to say that they are liked by many. I guess the buildup of these stories must be the reason for them 'still' being read by many. Though they are usually categorised as horror, I don't find them horrifying at all. Whenever the ghost or the beast comes up in his books it starts looking cliché so I have never actually read his books completely. I am not here to belittle Stein. My point is that The Vegetarian by Han Kang stands up against all those stories and it truly is scary. It doesn't give the reader goosebumps exactly.
The author makes good use of words and scare the reader in such a way that he/she will be mesmerised by it. Not a word goes to waste in this book. It is easy to make out that a lot of work went down to make this book. It somehow also makes one feel that you are back in the Neoclassical era. But the precision is a level above that, is what's scary.
The Vegetarian is divided in three parts. The story is about a Korean woman who decides to become a vegetarian and how it all starts changing from there on. The beginning isn't all that engaging to be honest. It gives an absurd feel to the reader. But it is better to stick with it because the second part is the most beautiful section about this book.
When reading Lolita the reader might feel creepy because of the unique plot and all but at the same time the language resonates beautifully, so beautifully that it blows your mind. The reader will experience something similar to that in the second part of the Vegetarian. It felt as if there were colours drizzling outward. The imagery is sexually so powerful that even the creepiness starts feeling mild towards the end of the second part.
Overall The Vegetarian is a psychological but the reader won't feel it since the beginning. The words try to make way in the reader's brain since the beginning still it all goes unnoticed. It all really starts making way in the reader's brain from the last part. Then you realise that it was meant to be this way from the start. In the first two parts the reader wouldn't be pushed in darkness. In the third part the reader will feel that it's evening and it is going to stay that way. The strong imagery makes the reader see mountains, trees and rain and sunlight.
There also a lot transitions in the final part. She doesn't make that many transition in the beginning. But in the final part she starts going back and forth again and again. It isn't that hard to keep track. Somehow this constant transition makes reading it even more entertaining. Personally I thought that I saw the second part as if it were a movie and lived through the third part word by word.
Overall the book tells a marvellous story. It is a very unique book. This book gives the reader a tour that nothing else will give. I am not saying that it's the best. I am saying that it's one of a kind.
The author makes good use of words and scare the reader in such a way that he/she will be mesmerised by it. Not a word goes to waste in this book. It is easy to make out that a lot of work went down to make this book. It somehow also makes one feel that you are back in the Neoclassical era. But the precision is a level above that, is what's scary.
The Vegetarian is divided in three parts. The story is about a Korean woman who decides to become a vegetarian and how it all starts changing from there on. The beginning isn't all that engaging to be honest. It gives an absurd feel to the reader. But it is better to stick with it because the second part is the most beautiful section about this book.
When reading Lolita the reader might feel creepy because of the unique plot and all but at the same time the language resonates beautifully, so beautifully that it blows your mind. The reader will experience something similar to that in the second part of the Vegetarian. It felt as if there were colours drizzling outward. The imagery is sexually so powerful that even the creepiness starts feeling mild towards the end of the second part.
Overall The Vegetarian is a psychological but the reader won't feel it since the beginning. The words try to make way in the reader's brain since the beginning still it all goes unnoticed. It all really starts making way in the reader's brain from the last part. Then you realise that it was meant to be this way from the start. In the first two parts the reader wouldn't be pushed in darkness. In the third part the reader will feel that it's evening and it is going to stay that way. The strong imagery makes the reader see mountains, trees and rain and sunlight.
There also a lot transitions in the final part. She doesn't make that many transition in the beginning. But in the final part she starts going back and forth again and again. It isn't that hard to keep track. Somehow this constant transition makes reading it even more entertaining. Personally I thought that I saw the second part as if it were a movie and lived through the third part word by word.
Overall the book tells a marvellous story. It is a very unique book. This book gives the reader a tour that nothing else will give. I am not saying that it's the best. I am saying that it's one of a kind.
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