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Susan
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Noted running theme about “goodness” and never fitting in, the perpetual outcast and immigrant. The complexity of Korean and Japanese cultural interactions.
Noa feels tossed in Book 3. After spending so much time building this love child in Book 1 and 2 he is so quickly cast aside. His death felt so empty.
— Mar 05, 2026 10:44PM
Noa feels tossed in Book 3. After spending so much time building this love child in Book 1 and 2 he is so quickly cast aside. His death felt so empty.
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Susan
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New characters are introduced but they all feel rushed. There is so little comment about Yumi, Risa and Sunja’s grandchildren. They don’t seem to exist.
— Mar 02, 2026 09:55PM
Susan
is 53% done
Yoseb doesn’t want to bottle money from Hansu to pay for Noa’s education at Waseda. However Kim contributes money to the home whom Hansu employs. So at the end of the day don’t they get money from Hansu regardless?
— Feb 28, 2026 05:41PM
Susan
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Is Sunja going to run into Hans’s at the restaurant?
— Feb 24, 2026 10:33PM
Susan
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Why do fancy, rich men like to seduce and groom young, naive girls? Take Chiyo from Memoirs of a Geisha
Why are the homely women the most hardworking? Like Olan in the Good Earth.
— Feb 23, 2026 08:05PM
Why are the homely women the most hardworking? Like Olan in the Good Earth.
