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The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

39 reviews

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

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anna220310's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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mengzhenreads's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Overall I thought this book had a lot of interesting things to say about the tourism industry and human impact on the environment, and there were a lot of descriptions in this book that were honestly, with no other way to describe it, really delicious to read. I do wish that some of the concepts could've been explore a little deeper, since there was so much to unpack in this book but overall I had a great time.
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mondovertigo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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laurahershel's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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chiaralzr's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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emmalouisereads's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

People keep saying this book is a ‘horror-comedy’ and ‘darkly funny’. I’m not sure I’d agree that it’s funny? It’s thought provoking and satirical but I don’t know who’s rolling around laughing at the events in this book…

It’s a bit of a wild ride, and honestly I’m not sure what happened at the end exactly. I definitely think it could have been explained clearer. I think it tried to leave us with a cliff hanger and I was just a bit lost so didn’t understand what the cliff hanger was. I could benefit from discussing the book with people who’d read it for sure!

Overall I enjoyed this book and read it in one go. The premise is twisted, but sadly not unbelievable.
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xx_coco's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kal1namal1na's review against another edition

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tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

An interesting insight to what tourism can do to a community, becoming a parody of itself to keep the interest of foreigners even to the point of tearing itself apart. The pacing felt a bit strange - it took half the book to get to the intrigue - but the set up to the final takeaway, when it came, was fascinating.
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katiej's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Fun little read, different to what I was expecting but a interesting concept and story 
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