Jun 24, 2025
the plotters (novel: 1996)
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the plotters (novel: 1996)
do you know this doctor who story?
yes, i have read it
yes, i have read parts of it
i have heard of it & plan to read
i have only heard of it
no, i have never heard of it
Some more Korean reads 🇰🇷📚
난 요즘 많이 좋아 😌
Korean fiction has been gaining more popularity over the last couple of years. We have seen some really quirky and cool stories getting translated for a wider international audience.
Today, I would like to rec The Plotters by Un Su Kim
Some people say this is John Wick meets Haruki Murakami. I’m not a fan of Murakami whose works remind me of a half drunk man recounting something strange while sitting in a jazz bar as it rains outside. Ugh.
The Plotters is much, much more fun! It’s also a dark comedy with some absurdist elements but if you like down-on-their luck killers, guns, explosions, a man worried someone is about to murder him via explosive toilet - if you like the world of John Wick and Korean crime genre - this is the book for you!
I am obsessed with my new glass and ice coffee!
Lately I've been very unmotivated, I feel like I've lost the initial spark, the initial desire to learn the language and I don't know if I should keep pushing or give myself a break.
Also I am about to finish The Plotters by Kim Un-Su, and I am quite unimpressed. Maybe it is the translation (I am reading it in Russian) or just the overall plot and writing, but it is very uneventful and I don't really care about any of the characters.
Should I write more about books? Maybe Korean books specifically?
“I am Ian Chesterton. This lady is…” He faltered a second, “...my wife, Barbara.”
He gave Barbara an apologetic shrug. She could see the logic in his lie, and found she didn’t mind at all.
(Ian and Barbara visit an inn in 1605 in The Plotters)
From Doubleday, translator Sora Kim-Russell, and South Korean novelist Un-Su Kim, The Plotters. This is his debut in English, and the author is already getting rave reviews. The Washington Post describes this as a “ gripping portrait of a killer for hire.” (Read the full review here.)
2018 was a year of ups and downs, and I expect no less from 2019. But whatever else the new year brings, it will also bring a slew of good books, including buzzy debuts (Sophie Mackintosh! Kristen …
THE PLOTTERS 1/29: “This stylish thriller follows a professional assassin who works for a host of shadowy underworld kingpins known as “plotters,” but soon begins to question the morality of his profession. With such literary touches as a library headquarters for assassins, this one may pander a bit to bookish audiences—and I’m all in favor of that.”
October wrap up ✌🏻
I was busy this month so only read two books, but I did reach my 2023 goal 😌