Mercedes's Reviews > The Melancholy of Untold History

I find it hard to put into words how I feel about a book so vast in scope and so uniquely expressed. I'm a much greater reader than I am a reviewer, so it'll have to be enough to express, simply, how enthralled I was by the story, riveted by its cyclical themes, and impressed by how well Minsoo Kang connected what seemed originally to be disparate details and storylines into a seamless narrative.

While it was a little slow at times, the payoff was perfection. The prose was also gorgeous, detailed, and very frequently hilarious. Kang balanced serious themes with quite frequent irreverent interludes that kept the story from being too heavy. Overall, I had a great time with this book, and I'm looking forward to reading it again someday to pick up more details that I likely missed during a first reading.