I am livid. Livid that this book was written so well, livid that whilst fiction... this book is based on fact, and most of all, I am livid that the things Kim Ji-young experienced still happen in our world today.

On multiple occasions I wanted to throw this book across my room at the sheer audacity of gender politics to favour men and the mistreatment and under appreciated value of women. To draw out such a visceral response from readers to this book, Cho Nam-joo has done an extraordinary job.