A twisted look into love and obsession.

Unfortunately this book feels like a Sayaka Murata knockoff and just didn't hit me as hard as it could have done.

I've been sat staring at the blank space to write a review for a while and watching the cursor space appear and disappear and I'm thinking how on earth am I supposed to review and rate this book...

Although a short read, my brain feels like it's been blended.

This book belongs with other books that have messed me up: The Vegetarian, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and Story of the Eye.. Books which although short make you question everything and make you feel frankly disturbed.

This book primarily focuses on grief and obsession and what it truly means to love someone. Some of the description is definitely goosebump inducing but it helps you really understand the psyche of Dam and Gu.

I'm never going to forget about this book, that's for sure.

Thank you so much for Octopus Publishing and NetGalley for the e-ARC!

3.75 - 4 stars (had to think about my rating again and up it tbh)

I loved the way grief was written!!

The love or obsession in this was all consuming in both life and death.

As well as the emotions are deep and raw. The writing is fantastic. you get pulled into Gu and Dam's story and witness them be pulled together from being kids to the present. The way Dam speaks about Gu is heartbreaking and just shows how much she felt for him.

But for me, I wanted the weirdness to go to another level. From the premise I was expecting more of it and got my expectations for a really weird, "consume the one you love" type of story with the brutal truth of love and obsession going to a level that is disturbing, which it does, but I was hoping that the whole story was going to be like that.

Nevertheless, the writing I loved and I'm happy to find another author to keep my out for in the future!

This book was so dark but such an interesting look into obsession, grief, death. I loved the flashbacks to show the couple’s relationship from childhood to present day. The central concept made me squirm, it’s gruesome and gross but I really enjoyed it.

This is a strange, dark, and unsettling book. From sharing a life together to death of the loved one. A woman fills herself with grief and loss. I am sure you have heard that people in love can kill themselves or kill someone for the one they love. But have you seen people eating their loved one to keep them alive? This is a Korean cult classic book.

Thanks to the Publisher, and Author