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A review by stitchsaddiction
The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Everything about this book is perfection.
From the way Sophie Kim weaves together an environment that's an intriguing blend of magic beings and mortals, to each of the Gods and Gumihos we meet along the way? Each stroke of the pen (or press of a key) by the author has gifted the reader a story that draws you into a tumultuous story of survival, death and the conviction and manipulation of the Gods from Korean Mythology.
I couldn't put the book down, because as each thread was gifted to us to explore? It felt like it was swiftly torn away and I was left on the proverbial edge of my seat wondering just how our Gumiho would survive and just what was happening around the fallen trickster God, Seokga and his wary companion, Kim Hani. I enjoyed how there were elements that the reader was aware of when the characters were floundering and that we were unaware of so much.
It was like you were wandering in the darkness with a torch that kept flickering on but only for a moment before nothing! Sophie Kim clearly is a fan of torturing her readers and testing blood pressure because the cliffhangers we found ourselves on came out of nowhere.
I can't wait for more of this story to be told, I felt a plethora of emotions along the way from hating Kim Hani at times, to desperately wanting to protect her from what was coming for her. As for our trickster God? I think his caffeine addiction needs looking at because I swear he ran on the scent of beans at times and he's definitely capable of tricking the reader into believing his cold heart is genuine.
From the way Sophie Kim weaves together an environment that's an intriguing blend of magic beings and mortals, to each of the Gods and Gumihos we meet along the way? Each stroke of the pen (or press of a key) by the author has gifted the reader a story that draws you into a tumultuous story of survival, death and the conviction and manipulation of the Gods from Korean Mythology.
I couldn't put the book down, because as each thread was gifted to us to explore? It felt like it was swiftly torn away and I was left on the proverbial edge of my seat wondering just how our Gumiho would survive and just what was happening around the fallen trickster God, Seokga and his wary companion, Kim Hani. I enjoyed how there were elements that the reader was aware of when the characters were floundering and that we were unaware of so much.
It was like you were wandering in the darkness with a torch that kept flickering on but only for a moment before nothing! Sophie Kim clearly is a fan of torturing her readers and testing blood pressure because the cliffhangers we found ourselves on came out of nowhere.
I can't wait for more of this story to be told, I felt a plethora of emotions along the way from hating Kim Hani at times, to desperately wanting to protect her from what was coming for her. As for our trickster God? I think his caffeine addiction needs looking at because I swear he ran on the scent of beans at times and he's definitely capable of tricking the reader into believing his cold heart is genuine.