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thebirdandhersong · 4 days ago

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also: not only is June Hur's writing full of research on medieval Korea, shot through with Christian values, bristling with mystery and neo-Confucian philosophy of the time period, and embroidered here and there with the occasional romance....... she's also FUN. She makes Pinterest boards and playlists for her books. She regularly posts on instagram about obscure historical things she finds cool in her research. She wrote a oneshot recently, in which all the couples in her books (...which would make 2 couples, because she tends to focus more on family and friendship) are reincarnations of the same two people. This woman wrote fanfiction of her own work.

#songbird reads #AND HAS A WONDERFUL TIME #okay well. i won't lie i didn't enjoy a crane among wolves all that much because the romance (which was more prominent) did not convince me #the red palace works the best because it is subtler and takes a backseat to the mystery which is the main plot #and yes the oneshot is cheesy. but i think i can enjoy the cheese every now and then.#except in ACAW because i found the romance unsubtle and too much like a kdrama this time not in a good way #anyway hur is FUN! she's a really fun writer who cares a lot about women breaking out of neo-Confucian ideals #which would have them trammelled and silenced in many ways. and she's GOOD at writing curious brave resilient female #protagonists who are also flawed and scared and trying to do the right thing while they're scared.

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