4.5 Stars
What a thrilling read!
Molka is a grim tale where new injustices await around every corner. I would be very interested to know how differently it reads to a male audience, would they understand? Would they think it’s over the top or exaggerated? While it’s set in Korea, and the driving plot points are very much based on Korea-specific issues, most (if not all) women will have their own experiences with these problems.
There was a hidden camera scandal at a restaurant I had been to a couple of times a few years beforehand. I don’t know how long that camera was there before it was discovered, or if the police would have been able to identify me and let me know if I was on any recordings. I had been followed by creepy men in a club to the point where I had to hide in the bathroom for half an hour until they left (and I only went to clubs maybe four times in my life).
The real horror of this book are not the supernatural visions of the dead sister, but the fact that all the natural terrors encountered by Dahye could happen to us, and making us read part of the story from Junyoung’s point of view as he spirals further and further into depravity, just as Dahye spirals out of control.
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