If you’re searching for a book with high action, or one which has one of those ‘everything was wrapped up in a neat bow’ then you might wanna pass.
Very few characters were simple, instead portraying their complexities and inconsistencies. While it feels more like a slice of life kind of story, If I Had Your Face was an easy going read that was character driven. It’s a story which is grounded in exploration and friendship. The ways women use and abuse, exploit and consume beauty, power, and social standing. If I Had Your Face examines the promises we make to each other. How you can fall into a situation which ends up becoming a defining moment. Women who seem to be defined by their appearance, their jobs, their dreams, while also possessing hidden layers, sharp edges, and fierce hopes. Connected by friendship, Cha tells the stories of these complex women. If I Had Your Face is about pursuing that wish. That having another person’s face would fix their problems. And, at the same time, it looks at this idea of wishes. The things that women will do for beauty, for love, for social standing, for ambition. If I Had Your Face examines this idea of beauty as social capital. But while we were discussing If I Had Your Face I was able to reflect on the character’s friendships on the ways they were all, in various ways, searching for dreams and having them fulfilled. Part of why I love book clubs is that when I’m chatting about the book, my opinions often change. Returning to Korea after college, she finds herself in a precarious relationship with the super-wealthy heir to one of Korea’s biggest companies.ĭown the hall in their apartment building lives Ara, a hair stylist for whom two preoccupations sustain her: obsession with a boy-band pop star, and a best friend who is saving up for the extreme plastic surgery that is commonplace.Īnd Wonna, one floor below, is a newlywed trying to get pregnant with a child that she and her husband have no idea how they can afford to raise and educate in the cutthroat economy.
Her roomate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art in New York.
Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake with a client may come to threaten her livelihood. Kyuri is a heartbreakingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a “room salon,” an exclusive bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Here’s an attempt at changing this with my review of If I Had Your Face! I was lucky my book club agreed to read this! Keep reading this book review to find my full thoughts. Because, let’s be real, I read a lot of fantasy and SF, but general fiction? Nope. One thing I want to read more in 2021 is adult fiction.
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