I didn’t enjoy reading the email conversations. What I miss in the latter part is the inclusivity of the other family members, even though this is a logical consequence of Areum’s illness progressing as he can’t narrate what he can’t perceive. Musings about life are always interesting, but make more impact when included naturally and space is left “to create a hidden something to be found”. The later parts are less special and make me feel like the author was trying too hard to make the conversations deep and meaningful. This is nice and refreshing to read and places the story both in the past and the present at the same time. I like Ae-ran Kim’s use of perspective: the storyteller Areum uses ‘I’ to add the baby’s perspective – his perspective – to his parents’ story. The first part of My Brilliant Life is the most intriguing.
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